We've got a visitor in the night sky for a few more nights.
Comet C/2022 E-3 ZTF is visible--just barely--if you know where to look.
Former WCCO Meteorologist Mike Lynch said it only appears green if you photograph it, and it last came close to enough to Earth to see it 50,000 years ago. Many have said it may never come this way again.
Lynch said the moon may be too bright to see it in the evening hours.
"You might be better off finding it in the morning," he said from Silver City, New Mexico, where he was able to photograph it. "Go to the North Star, and look about 15 degrees to the lower left."
He explained that 15 degrees would be about "a fist and a half."
"Green comet" visible in overnight sky for the first time in 50,000 years
Former WCCO meteorologist Mike Lynch said you have to know where--and maybe when--to look
Former WCCO Meteorologist Mike Lynch took this photo of C/2022 E3 (ZTF) near Silver City, New Mexico. The comet is closest its been to Earth in 50,000 years and is barely visible--if you know where and when to look for it.
(Mike Lynch)
By Rusty RayFeb 03, 2023Feb 03, 2023 11:40 AM
