A Comet in the Predawn Sky

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There’s a fast-moving returning comet in the sky, and we can see it with binoculars!

Comet 45P Honda-Mrkos-Pajdusakova

Here’s a link to the finder charts. The time is in universal time, so you will need to add 5 hours to the EST to get the time to use. Right now the Comet is not far from Hercules and is in the morning sky.

A link to heavens-above finder page

Star chart showing Hercules, Altair, and comet 45P Honda-Mrkos-Pajdusakova

Example showing the graphic that heavens-above can make for you