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A Bright Comet Is Now Visible — How To See PanSTARRS This Weekend

Comet C/2025 R3 PANSTARRS: View from CaliforniaAstrophotographer Dan Bartlett: "So many of the comets I have imaged over the years start out with a green blob of a coma and a short spike-like tail. Over time, and under ideal conditions, a comet will grow loosing their sphericity and the tail grows longer with added details. When I processed this morning's addition of C/2025 R3 PANSTARRS, stacked the comet aligned images, I thought wow, now we ha…

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Pictures of the day from April 10, 2026

·Hamburg, Germany
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A new comet, designated C/2025 R3 (PanSTARRS), is now visible in the morning sky. In this photo report, we'll take a look at what the comet looks like and what you need to do to catch it. How does this "comet hunt" work?

With a conventional binoculars, a comet can currently be observed in the morning with a clear view, which is comparatively close to the Earth.

·Germany
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In the morning, people from the Czech Republic can observe the millennium comet C/2025 R3 (PanSTARRS). Residents of other countries are also taking advantage of the opportunity, sharing images of the green-glowing body, which is getting brighter every day. Experts estimate that the comet may gradually become visible to the naked eye. After passing around the Sun and Earth, it will head out of the Solar System.

Another comet will be visible in the spring sky, as after the sun-scouring comet C/2026 A1 (MAPS), C/2025 R3 (PANSTARRS) is expected to reach a brightness in early April when it can be seen with the naked eye, and in mid-April its plume will be clearly visible even with a handheld telescope.

·Hungary
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