Stargazers will be able to view the rare celestial event without the need for equipment, but only for a brief period of time.
Comet 12/P Pons-Brooks, also known as the "Mother of Dragons" due to its resemblance to a horned tail, is set to occur in the early hours of April 22.
"It's similar to a Halley's comet...as the comet goes around and gets closer around the sun, the ice heats up and turns to a gas, that's the tail we see," he told 9News.com.au. But as the comet moves closer to the sun it will become visible across Southern skies from mid-April.More experienced stargazers have been able to observe the comet in the Northern Hemisphere by telescope.
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