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View at EarthSky Community Photos. | Rui Santos in Leiria, Portugal, captured this picture of Comet Pons-Brooks on March 13, 2024. That is the comet you would possibly see within the daytime sky, near the sun in total eclipse, on April 8. View a chart beneath. Rui wrote: “I felt amazed by the sight of the comet, its tail stretching majestically throughout the sky. It’s a scene that appears to transcend time and space.” Thanks, Rui! We’ve been getting some stunning photos of this comet from our gifted group of photographers.
Have you ever seen Comet Pons-Brooks but? This fuzzy ball of ice and dust is making its method towards the sun. Its closest strategy to the sun shall be on April 21. So it’ll be close to the sun in our sky on eclipse day, April 8. Read about seeing the comet on eclipse day here. With the assistance of binoculars or a telescope, you’ll be able to at present spot this comet within the night sky now, within the northwest shortly after sundown. It’s been getting brighter! It may also grow to be seen below dark skies to the unaided eye!
When you don’t dwell close to dark skies or are battling clouds, you’ll be able to see the comet proper right here, in stunning photos from the EarthSky group. And for those who’ve taken an amazing photograph of the comet, submit it to us here!
In the course of the total solar eclipse on April 8, 2024, the sky will darken sufficient that it is best to be capable to see Venus and Jupiter. Comet Pons-Brooks shall be near Jupiter. Picture by way of Stellarium/ Kelly Kizer Whitt. See Comet Pons-Brooks on eclipse day!
Comet Pons-Brooks and the Andromeda galaxy
Presently, the comet is hanging out within the constellation Andromeda. It appeared close to the Andromeda galaxy in our sky, and astrophotographers captured some nice pictures of them collectively!
View at EarthSky Community Photos. | Basudeb Chakrabarti and Samit Saha from Gharwan, Himachal Pradesh, India, shared this picture of Comet Pons-Brooks from March 7 to March 9, 2024, with the Andromeda galaxy. Beautiful! Thanks.View at EarthSky Community Photos. | Osama Fathi on the Black Desert, Egypt, captured Comet Pons-Brooks, the Andromeda galaxy and a meteor on March 8, 2024! All in 1. Thanks, Osama.View at EarthSky Community Photos. | Basudeb Chakrabarti from Gharwan, Himachal Pradesh, India, shared this picture captured by Samit Raz Saha on March 7, 2024. Basudeb wrote: “Presently positioned within the Andromeda constellation, comet 12P/Pons-Brooks is 247,124,592 kilometers (153,000,000 miles) away from Earth. Being at a dark location, Samit Raz Saha had the chance to seize this magnificent comet together with the Andromeda galaxy. I sincerely thank Samit Saha for giving me the chance to submit course of the info.” Thanks each!
Will you see Comet Pons-Brooks through the eclipse?
Comet Pons-Brooks visits the internal solar system each 71 years. Its subsequent perihelion (when it’s closest to the sun) shall be on April 21, 2024. That can put the comet pretty near the sun through the total solar eclipse of April 8, 2024. However will you see the comet through the eclipse? And must you even attempt to search for it?
Extra photos of the comet and galaxy
View at EarthSky Community Photos. | Steven Bellavia in Southold, New York, captured this view of Comet Pons-Brooks and the Andromeda galaxy on March 11, 2024. Steven wrote: “Though the comet is simply 250 million kilometers (155 million miles) from Earth, with Andromeda 23 trillion kilometers (14 trillion miles) distant, they’re now sharing the identical a part of the sky.” Thanks, Steven!View at EarthSky Community Photos. | Petr Horálek in Revuca, Slovakia, captured Comet Pons-Brooks on March 5, 2024. Petr additionally captured the Andromeda galaxy together with “a distant tree, the fog illuminated by the passing vehicles.” Thanks. Petr!View at EarthSky Community Photos. | Paolo Bardelli at Campo dei Fiori, Varese, Italy, shared this picture of the comet and M31, the Andromeda galaxy, on March 7, 2024. Paolo wrote: “A lastly profitable try to {photograph} Comet 12P/Pons-Brooks throughout a uncommon night, fairly cloud-free, in a interval characterised by an infinite passage of cloud fronts …” Thanks, Paolo!
Extra photos of the comet
View at EarthSky Community Photos. | Radu Anghel from Ivanesti, Romania, captured this picture on March 9, 2024. Radu wrote: “If it’s a weekend with clear skies and a comet is shut by, on the restrict of the unaided-eye visibility, there isn’t any different alternative however to reply the decision for astrophotography! Final night I drove for greater than an hour and a half to a spot with Bortle 4 skies, simply good for one more comet picture on my humble assortment.” Fantastic! Thanks.View at EarthSky Community Photos. | Steven Bellavia in Southold, New York, captured this picture of Comet Pons-Brooks on February 25, 2024. Steven wrote: “This comet may be seen to the unaided eye through the total solar eclipse, being 24 degrees east of the sun and solely 6 levels west of Jupiter.” Thanks, Steven!
Backside line: Have you ever seen Comet Pons-Brooks already? If not, listed below are some stunning photos from our gifted group of photographers. Get pleasure from them!
Cristina Ortiz – based mostly in Granada, Spain – has been an EarthSky editor since 2021. “Since I used to be a child,” she says, “I may really feel that zeal for science and communication.” Cristina has a grasp’s diploma in translation and deciphering, specializing in science and expertise. She has served as a translator, interpreter and proofreader in each science and expertise for varied media organizations, together with Netflix, and for museums and different corporations.
