Rare chance to see comet with naked eye: The comet Pan-STARRS may be visible to the naked eye this month. Or, visit Florida Tech on March 18 to see it through a telescope. Video by James Dean.
Close-up of the comet as seen from Mount Dale in Western Australia. / Astronomy Education Services/AP
Havea look
The public can visit Florida Tech’s Olin Observatory from 8-10 p.m. March 18 to view Comet Pan-STARRS through telescopes. The observatory is in the Olin Physical Sciences Building, 150 W. University Blvd. in Melbourne.
Last month, an asteroid the size of a city block whizzed close by Earth, and a meteor’s explosion in the atmosphere shook a Russian city.
Now another rare, but non-threatening, celestial event is unfolding: a chance to see a comet with the naked eye.
If weather permits today and Wednesday, a comet known as Pan-STARRS may be visible for about an hour after sunset, low on the western horizon.
It would look like a star with a tail and would be visible near a thin crescent moon, to the moon’s upper-left today or lower-right Wednesday.
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