Comet Machholz-Fujikawa-Iwamoto is plunging toward the sun and could brighten to naked-eye visibility later this month.
Space Weather News for Nov. 12, 2018
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BRIGHT NEW COMET DISCOVERED BY AMATEUR ASTRONOMERS: In modern astronomy, most comets are found by large mountaintop telescopes scanning the skies under control of computers. Turn back the clock. Three amateur astronomers have just discovered a bright new comet in the constellation Virgo. It is approaching Earth for a close encounter later this month and could become visible to the naked eye. Visit today's edition of Spaceweather.com
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