Came the “comet of the new year’s eve”, eye on the horizon after the sunset – The Republic

45P/Honda-Mrkos-Pajdusakova is pop-up in the sky in mid-December, the 31st will be at perihelion, the closest point to the Sun. In February it will reach the minimum distance from the Earth. Its magnitude is just below the threshold of visibility to the naked eye but you can admire his mane and tail “forked” with a pair of binoculars or a small telescope

MATTEO MARINI