Click to play videoMumbai: Comet 73P will be visible this week and next week through telescopes through most of the world. Next it will be seen only in 2011.
Nine-year-old Bhakti is trying hard to catch a glimpse of the comet.
“I'm trying to look at the comet, but I can't see it, “ she says.
Despite that, she seems to be enjoying the experience with her uncle Jatin who's an astronomer.
But what is it about comets that has made this perky kid scramble to the terrace in her night clothes in the wee hours of the morning?
73P was first spotted in 1930. Astronomers lost sight of it for sometime in the middle of the century.
In 1995, while orbiting close to Jupiter, the planet's gravity caused it to break up, and from being an average comet, it's become a sight to see.
Here’s how you can view it:
- 73P can be seen in a clear, moonless sky.
- Toward the east, slightly above the horizon.
- Between four and five am till the first few days of June.
- With a good pair of binoculars or a telescope of the following magnifications: Binoculars: 10/50, Telescope: 40x.
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