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Comet Machholz Now Visible to Naked Eye

Posted by timothy on from the does-not-apply-to-heavy-glasses-wearers dept.

An anonymous reader submits "A comet discovered only this summer is brightening quickly and already visible to the unaided eye. Comet Macholz should be visible to the unaided eye until late January. On the night of January 7 - 8, it will sail about 2 degrees (4 Moon widths) to the west of the easily recognisable Pleiades star cluster, often known as the Seven Sisters. It will be at its closest to Earth Jan. 5-6, 2005, when it will be 32 million miles away." (Mentioned a few days ago, too.)

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  1. Re:Naked Eye by fvbommel · · Score: 2, Insightful

    From the same article: "It should be visible to the unaided eye until late January..."

    I think what they meant was it will be visible to the naked eye, but if you look at it through binoculars it will be fuzzy compared to the stars.