General Discussion & Chat: the Christmas Star is back, 1 by mark

mark wrote:
the Christmas star is alive and well and visable until the first week of January. kewl or what?

Much like the enigmatic 'Christmas Star' is said to have appeared in the sky 2000 years ago, a new comet has appeared in the sky this week.

The new comet was discovered last Saturday (Dec 14th) by a Japanese amateur astronomer who was scanning the skies with his binoculars in the early hours of the morning. Comet Kudo-Fujikawa is presently very faint, but is expected to brighten (and even develop a tail) as it nears the Sun over the next few weeks.

Find out more about comet Kudo-Fujikawa on the Sky & Telescope website here: http://skyandtelescope.com/news/current/article_816_1.asp

Remember, if you manage to see comet Kudo-Fujikawa for yourself over the next few mornings you will be one of the first human beings ever to see this visitor from deep outer Space!

below is the comets path until the first week of January