You can still see the giant icy comet that came closest to Earth on Thursday.
Comet K2 can be seen moving away from the sky in Ophiuchus through the telescope.
Designated as C/2017 K2, the comet zoomed inside our solar system at a speed of regarding 615 km/sec.
When the comet was closest to Earth, John Chumack of galacticimages.com noticed a speck of light in the snake-bearing constellation Ophiuchus.
“Look for a six-inch coma,” Chumack told Space.com.
What is a comet?
According to NASA, comets are “a cosmic snowball of frozen gas, rock and dust.”
They are made from leftovers from the formation of the solar system.
As the comet approaches the sun, it forms a “tail” made up of particles of gas and dust, pointing towards a larger star.
Comet C/2017 K2
C/2017 K2 was discovered in May 2017 at distances beyond Saturn’s orbit, regarding 2.4 billion kilometers from the Sun.
NASA says K2 has been traveling for millions of years in the home of the Oort Cloud at the edge of our solar system.
The Oort Cloud contains hundreds of billions of comets, but K2 is one of the largest comets we have ever observed.
In fact, K2’s tail, or coma, is 81,000 to 500,000 miles wide, the size of one to six Jupiter.
As of July 2007, K2 is located in the constellation Draco, regarding 309 light-years from Earth.
How to still see comets
Mashable said you should watch it on a dark night when you can see the stars.
To find Ophiuchus first, you will need to refer to the constellation chart.
Then look around the stars for fuzzy commas. That’s K2 Comet.
