If you have binoculars and dark skies, right now you might be able to catch two comets. Better still, one is brightening enough that it may be visible to the naked eye within a few weeks. The history of comet watching offers plenty of warnings, but there are also reasons for optimism. At the same time, those binoculars could come in useful for spotting yet another comet, whose peak brightness will occur around the same time. The rest of this article is behind a paywall. Please sign in or subscribe to access the full content.

We’ve known about Comet 2025/A6 (Lemmon) since January 3, but for most of that time it’s just been one more moving dot visible only to professional sized telescopes. Since mid-August it has been brightening dramatically; it’s already about six times brighter than init

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