Comet C/2022 E3 ( ZTF )

[Pixies]

One to keep your eye on for January:

http://www.aerith.net/comet/catalog/2022E3/2022E3.html

[michael.h.f.wilkinson]

I spotted it last night in Hercules with my C8 (with some difficulty). Will be looking forward to it brightening

[ONIKKINEN]

Looks like this will be perfectly placed for northern observers, unlike Leonard last winter which was licking the horizon all the way. Lets hope this one keeps up the pace and shows up in January 👍.

[Mandy D]

On 29/08/2022 at 23:42, Pixies said:

One to keep your eye on for January:

http://www.aerith.net/comet/catalog/2022E3/2022E3.html

If it reaches the predicted brightness, your eye is all you will need! It's about time we had a naked eye comet.

[Laurieast]

I just put that in Stellarium, but it looks different to the chart in the link above 🤔

Edit: Maybe not after all.

 

 

Edited September 1, 2022 by Laurieast

[michael.h.f.wilkinson]

1 hour ago, Mandy D said:

If it reaches the predicted brightness, your eye is all you will need! It's about time we had a naked eye comet.

I have seen three naked-eye comets in my life: Hyakutake in 1995, Hale-Bopp in 1996, and NEOWISE in 2020. I don't think another naked-eye comet is way overdue. Anyway, magnitude 6 might not be naked-eye, given that it is integrated magnitude, not the brightness of the nucleus