Ready for one more comet for
2020? Thus far, this year has been a memorable one for comet watchers, with a steady stream of binocular fuzzball comets, crowned by the amazing sight of naked eye comet
C/2020 F3 NEOWISE this past summer. 2020 cometary alumni has also included comets
F8 SWAN,
P1 NEOWISE, and
M3 ATLAS. Now, newly discovered Comet
C/2020 S3 Erasmus takes center stage.
Discovered on the night of September 17th, 2020 by astronomer Nicolas Erasmus during the ATLAS (Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System) sky survey, Comet S3 Erasmus has the potential to be a decent binocular comet from early November into mid-December 2020… but you’ll have to act soon to see it in the early dawn sky before it gets lost in the Sun’s glare.
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