Where Is The Christmas Comet 2022. If it ends up [breaking apart] after its sun approach, that's fine. when can we see it? By katie hunt and ashley strickland, cnn.

The coming nights will be the best chance to see comet leonard, and the comet may even be visible to the naked eye under ideal conditions. Comets are typically brightest around the time they’re closest to. Then, on saturday, it swept by venus and should now remain visible in the skies of both the northern and southern hemispheres throughout the rest of the month.

Comet 46p/wirtanen is in the midst of a close flyby of earth, coming within about 30 times the distance of earth to the moon.

13, this comet will appear very low above the horizon just after sunset,” leonard explained in a u of a news release. The comet was closest to the earth on december 12, 2021. The image of comet leonard on the left. The comet, also known as c/2021 a1, will be closest to our star on january 3, 2022, at which point it will move out of view for observers here on earth.