Comet McN-aught’s green glow is set to light the early morning skies most visibly this week before it gets too close to the sun to see, according to experts.
One of the universe’s biggest and brightest, Comet McNaught last made a spectacular appearance in January 2007.
This week the comet will reach peak brightness through June 16 as it makes its closest approach to Earth, at about 170 million km away.
Comet McNaught is already visible to the naked eye as a faint, fuzzy ball low in the north-eastern sky and will be best seen in the hour before the sun rises, according to Anthony Cook, an astronomical observer at LA’s Griffith Observatory.
“Because it has a hazy outline, it should be observed from as far away from light pollution as possible,” National Geographic quoted Cook, as saying.
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Rupert was held stealing Potter prop
London: Actor Rupert Grint made sure not to steal anything from the sets of Harry Potter this time when the filming wrapped — because last time he was caught red handed while taking a prop home as a memento.
Shooting on the final instalment in the wizard franchise, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows has been completed in London, bringing the franchise to an end after more than a decade.
Grint admitted that he wanted to take away a souvenir, but feared movie bosses would find out after he was previously caught lifting a fake dragon’s egg.
“I took the golden egg that was in the fourth film — a dragon egg. Apparently it was worth a few thousand dollars,” he said. —ANI