How to observe comet C/2022 E3 (ZTF), “a beautiful snowflake” in the winter sky

It is passing over our heads right now, somewhere between the Big Dipper and the Little Dipper. After its closest passage to the Sun on January 12, the comet C/2022 E3 (ZTF), as it is internationally codenamed, will “pass” Earth – some 42 million km away – on February 1. Then, it will go back to the confines of the solar system, probably to disappear forever in interstellar space. A rare visitor, surrounded by a luminous and romantic halo, she keeps memories of when our planetary system was formed. Small portrait and some tips for admiring it.