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in skygazers Northern hemisphere Can currently see two bright green colors comet Draw a line across the sky.
both originate from Solar systemThe outer reaches of, potentially the Oort Cloud, far beyond Pluto,
Comet Lemmon will have its closest brush with Earth On or around Tuesday.
It is expected to fly by with the other cosmic snowball, Comet Swan Earth on Monday, but it is moving away from the Sun and is likely to get fainter as the day goes on.
Seeing two comets together without special equipment is “rare, but not unprecedented,” said Carson Fults, director of the Astronomy and Science Laboratory. University of Arizona-based sky survey that observed Comet Lemmon.
To see this pair, go outside shortly after sunset and look toward the northern sky for Comet Lemmon, near the horizon. Comet Swan will also be near the horizon, but to the southwest.
State University astronomer Valerie Rapson said the double comets may be visible through telescopes by the end of the month, but experts aren’t yet sure how bright they will remain. new york In Oneonta.
Comets are frozen remnants of the formation of the solar system billions of years ago. As they swing toward the Sun, they heat up, releasing their distinctive flowing tails.
Comet Lemmon, also designated C/2025 A6, was discovered in January by a telescope searching for near-Earth asteroids in the night sky. Comet Swan, also known as C/2025 R2, was spotted in September using images from a spacecraft operated by an amateur astronomer. NASA and this European Space Agency,
Comets are green in color due to the gases emitted from their surface. From Earth, they will look like brown, blurry spots.
Earlier this year, a green comet hurtled toward the Sun, dashing hopes of a naked-eye view. A bright comet called Tsuchinshan-Atlas zoomed by Earth in 2024, and other notable flybys included Neowise in 2020 and Hale-Bopp and Hyakutake in the 1990s.