Comet Nishimura captured in an image taken in L'Aquila, Italy, on Sunday. (Lorenzo Di Cola/NurPhoto via Getty Images)
Not seen in 435 years, Discovered last month by space photographer Hideo Nishimura of Japan. Stargazers in the Northern Hemisphere will have their last chance to see Comet Nishimura on Tuesday as it passes close to Earth and slingshots around the Sun back into space, and will not return for another 435 years!
How to catch the comet
Comet Nishimura is currently visible throughout the Northern Hemisphere. But it will be the most visible on Tuesday, Sept. 12, when it’s closest to Earth — a mere 78 million miles away.
The best time to see it will be about two hours before sunrise just above the horizon. Although the comet looks green in photos, to the naked eye it will look like a small streak and can be found to the lower left of Venus, which looks like a bright speck just above the eastern horizon. For astronomy enthusiasts, it will be to the left of a bright star in the Leo constellation, called Regulus
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