The Virtual Telescope Project is hosting a free livestream starting at 11 p.m. ET on Jan. 12.
that skywatchers in the Northern Hemisphere should be able to spot the comet in dark skies when there is little moonlight, such as when the new moon rises on Jan. 21.
The comet currently has a greenish coma and a long but faint tail. C/2022 E3 ZTF was quite dim when it was first discovered, with a magnitude of 17.3, but it's expected to reach magnitude 6, making it just bright enough to view with the naked eye under the right conditions. A NASA image showing the path of comet C/2022 E3 ZTF across the January sky for the Northern Hemisphere.
On Jan. 12, the comet will zoom through the solar system at a distance of 100 million miles from the sun; later, on Feb. 2, the comet will make its closest approach to Earth, or perigee, coming within 26 million miles of our planet. Comet C/2022 E3 ZTF hasn't approached the sun this closely for around 50,00 years, meaning the last time it was so visible in our night skies was the Upper Paleolithic period. It's possible that some early humans were able to see the comet during this time, or even some of the last Neanderthals.
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