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Please see update from comet specialist Southern Comets HomepageThere has been a lot of misinformation circulating around social and news media about the “devil comet” best visible this weekend.![]()
Please call it by its proper name “12P Pons-Brooks”.![]()
Although Pons-Brooks is brightest this weekend as it reaches its closest point to the Sun, it is a difficult object low in evening twilight.![]()
It is not visible to the naked eye, due to the effect of atmospheric extinction at such a low altitude.![]()
You will require a pair of binoculars and a clear horizon to the west. Look 1 to 1.5 hrs after sunset. Approximately 7pm AEST.![]()
Conditions will improve however, and from April 27 the comet will move away from twilight and full moon will no longer interfere. ![]()
See southerncomets.info![]()
This image of 12P Pons-Brooks taken on 2024 April 20 at 09:00UT using a Canon 6D + Sigma 200mm. 3 mins. FOV 10 deg. North lower left. from Swan Hill, Victoria, Australia.
