You will only get one chance in your lifetime to view Comet C/2022 E3 (ZTF) as it speeds through the inner solar system.
A comet that is now visible in the sky with the right equipment may never fly past Earth again—but how can you spot it and where should you look?
The comet, which is currently located around 81 million miles from Earth, will reach its closest point to the sun, or perihelion, on January 12, 2023, beforeon February 1, 2023, coming within roughly 26 million miles of us. Stock image: Artist's illustration of a comet. Comet C/2022 E3 could soon become visible to the naked eye.Some predictions indicate that C/2022 E3 is on a type of orbit—one that looks like an open curve—that will see the cosmic snowball shoot back out into deep space and never return to the inner solar system again.
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