The Sky Today on Friday, August 22: Comet Wierzchoś passes planetary nebula NGC 6058

With no Moon in the evening sky, it’s time to check in with Comet C/2024 E1 (Wierzchoś), now in Hercules and visible for several hours after sunset. By 9:30 P.M. local daylight time, Wierzchoś is still 60° high in the west. You’ll find it about 9.5° west of magnitude 3.5 Eta (η) Herculis, one ofContinue reading “The Sky Today on Friday, August 22: Comet Wierzchoś passes planetary nebula NGC 6058”
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