G3 may be hard to see due to weather patterns and the California wildfires, said Tim Brothers of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

Check my feed for a daily “comet tracker,” with useful sky charts and tips for viewing the comet. Wishing you clear skies and wide eyes.

Check my feed every day this week and next for a daily “comet tracker” with sky-charts and tips for viewing Comet A3. Comet A3 will first reach its closest to the sun, then its closest to Earth.

After an extraordinary year of watching full moons, eclipses, meteors and northern lights, a comet will be viewable right off the bat in 2025. It's called comet C/2024 G3 (ATLAS), which Space.com ...

If it survives its unusually close passage of the Sun, Comet C/2024 G3 has the potential to become the brightest comet of 2025, reaching a magnitude of -4.5—about the same brightness as Venus.