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How to image faint comets

During the past few years, we have witnessed a bumper crop of bright naked-eye comets, beckoning us to set up a camera and record their beauty to share with friends and family. However, the next great ...
Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. An award-winning reporter writing about stargazing and the night sky. You’ve likely already heard about two comets visible from ...
Two newly discovered comets are streaking across the sky in a spectacular display as they make their closest approaches to Earth this month. Comets are made of ice, frozen gases and rock, and as they ...
NEW YORK (AP) — Two bright green comets are streaming through the skies and are visible to skygazers in the Northern Hemisphere. Both hail from the outer edges of our solar system — possibly what’s ...
The comets A6 (Lemmon) and R2 (SWAN) are visitors from the chilly fringes of our solar system, and could even be visible at the same time. By Marina Koren If you like comets, this month is shaping up ...