When comets come near the Earth, they often have fuzzy heads with beautiful tails stretching behind them. When the sky is dark, their lovely long light hanging in the blackness is quite a sight.
Comets are an amazing part of our sky.
That is only as bright as the faintest stars that you can see with just your own eyes. This means that if you wanted to watch this comet, you had to use a pair of binoculars or a telescope. For four hours, it glowed brighter than it was before. When a piece of a comet explodes away as the comet goes by the hot Sun, new icy gases are exposed to solar radiation and burn briefly with a brighter visible flare. A comet will look more like a star with a white or yellowish tail, and it will not appear to be moving.