The Sky Today on Monday, September 15: Comet Wierzchoś curves through the Northern Crown

Now roughly 14th magnitude, Comet C/2024 E1 Wierzchoś is ripe for spotting with an 8-inch scope. With no Moon in the evening sky, darkness is on your side; and tonight and tomorrow night, the comet lies just 0.5° from 5th-magnitude Iota (ι) Coronae Borealis, the easternmost star in the curved Northern Crown.  Around 9 P.M.Continue reading “The Sky Today on Monday, September 15: Comet Wierzchoś curves through the Northern Crown”
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