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A “green comet” that last visited the solar system in the year of Queen Elizabeth II's coronation is brightening in Earth's night sky as it gets closer to the sun.
If the trend continues then it could become a naked eye object during April 8's total solar eclipse, as I. Although this one is known to flare as it reaches the inner solar system, comets are notoriously difficult to predict.Now visible in telescopes and binoculars in the western sky after sunset, comet 12P/Pons–Brooks is currently at a magnitude of 5.9, according to Stellarium, putting it right on the cusp of naked eye visibility.
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