In the last hour or two, before sunrise this weekend — into Tuesday, if you look toward the northeastern horizon, low in the sky — near Venus at that time of night… you will seek the long hook of the constellation Leo, or the Lion. [I think Venus will be appear to be setting, as Leo is rising, then. See my illustration at right, derived from the wonderful and free Distant Suns iPhone app.]
Here are all the other sky-watching details you’ll want to know, from LifeHacker online:
…The universe is delivering a cosmic gift this coming week — a newly discovered comet will zip by earth to say hey before leaving our planetary neighborhood for more than 400 years. The green comet C/2023 P1, or “Nishimura,” is already visible in the predawn sky, but over the weekend it will grow brighter and should be visible without a telescope or even binoculars….
On Sept. 10, it will rise at 5 a.m. It will appear closer to sunrise each subsequent morning, until Sept. 17, when it will be invisible because of the glare of the sun. Tuesday, Sept. 12 is the sweet spot: That’s the night Nishimura will be closest to the earth — only 78 million miles from your house….
Excellent (that is well inside the Earth’s orbit distance — from the Sun). As you know, interstellar celestial events… always fire my imagination. It was essentially… ever thus (away from light pollution in the high Rockies of my youth, the night sky is literally powdered with wonders). Smile.
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