It is a visual treat for the sky-gazers as a heavenly visitor comet ‘Leonard’ comes by this month. The brightest comet of the year will put up a great show in the sky of December. It shall be once in a lifetime experience as this comet won’t be seen ever again. This comet is traveling at an impressive speed of 254,000km/h. This can be seen to the naked eye and shall be the best comet of this year. It can be seen in the morning sky during the first week on December and later after December 14, it will be perceptible in the evening sky, very close to Venus. Green Comet Leonard is about to pass close to Earth, which is the first time in 70,000 to 80,000 years. In the Northern Hemisphere, it can be seen in the east with the aid of small telescopes and binoculars.
The most beautiful and impulsive celestial object perceptible in the night or morning sky is the ‘Comet’. Most of the time, comets remain in deep-frozen “sleep” in outer space, but sporadically they are dislodged from their orbits and fall forward the inner Solar System. Comets are at their brightest when they are closest to the Sun, it is best to search for them in the sky unswervingly after Sunset although never when the Sun is still above the horizon. In the months of December of this year and January of next year, fix your stares on the sky to watch the spasmodic comet ‘Leonard’. Throughout December and January, it will be discernible in the Northern Hemisphere.
