This is written on September 6, 2012. At present, there are no comets visible with the naked eye, but there are a number of comets that are visible with even a modest telescope. The brightest is currently 96P/Machholz.
Comet McNaught, also known as the Great Comet of 2007 and given the designation C/2006 P1, is a non-periodic comet discovered on August 7, 2006 by British-Australian astronomer Robert H. McNaught.[1] It was the brightest comet in over 40 years, and was easily visible to the naked eye for observers in the Southern Hemisphere in January and February 2007.
In mid-September 2011, the following comets are brighter than magnitude 12
as seen from Earth:
-- P/2007 R5 SOHO
-- C/2010 X1 Elenin
-- 45P Honda-Mrkos-Pajdusakova
-- C/2009 P1 Garradd
No comet has ever struck the United States.
Going back into pre-history, we believe that something big - a comet or small asteroid - may have struck what is now Canada, about 15,000 years ago, causing the "Younger Dryas" mini-ice age. This is about when all the woolly mammoths and saber-tooth tigers became extinct, along with all other large animals in North America.
Last night. Comet Lulin, the "Green Comet", is still visible in the pre-dawn skies with a pair of binoculars. It was never all THAT bright, but was visible with the naked eye in dark areas as recently as early February 2009.
Comets aren't all that rare. Amateur astronomers find a couple of dozen comets each year, of which a few are generally bright enough to see. What's rare is spectacularly bright comets; those only come around once per decade or so.
But if comets are of interest to you, check out spaceweather.com or read Sky & Telescope magazine, and keep informed of what's happening "up there".
Comets are seen all the time if you have a powerful enough telescope. But the last major event that was seen by the naked eye was Hale Bopp that was 1997 and could be seen for 569 days without aid.
Halley's Comet was last close enough to the sun to be seen by naked eyes, binoculars,
amateur telescopes etc. on Earth in 1986. It's due back around 2061.
whats was the last time that Haley's comet was visible
The last two comets discovered didn't have names, because they were observed only as they were falling into the Sun. This was during the first half of January, 2010.
Hale-Bopp, the most widely observed comet of the twentieth century.
That is Halley's comet, named after English astronomer Edmond Halley,
Halley's Comet or Comet Halley (officially designated 1P/Halley) is the most famous of theperiodic comets and can currently be seen every 75--76 years. Halley's Comet last appeared in the inner Solar System in 1986, and will next appear in mid-2061.
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A comet's orbit around the Sun is pretty predictable, but its appearance depends on the structure of the ice and rocks below the surface, and we do not know these things. As the ice begins to melt, the structure of the comet and the distribution of frozen gasses can cause the comet to appear a little different each day.
It would be HIGHLY unlikely; Halley's Comet doesn't intersect Earth's orbital path at any point. It's possible that someday in the distant future Halley's Comet might get close enough to Jupiter or Saturn to be tugged into a collision orbit, but at the moment we see no chance that this will happen. It would be far more likely for Earth to be hit by some comet or asteroid that we are entirely unaware of, coming from deep space.
Yes, this is when the comet will next be visible from Earth according to predictions, on the 28th July. It was last seen in 1986.
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Biela's comet after it split in 1846 and last seen in 1852.
Halley's Comet was last seen in 1986 and before that it was last seen in 1910.
it s a comet which can be seen every 76 years ,it was last seen in the year 1986,march 8
It's impossible to answer that, but I can tell you whenit was seen: right now.There are nearly always at least a few comets visible from Earth through telescopes.
Yes, it was last seen in 1986. The next time it will be visible from planet Earth is the 28th July in the year 2061.
For the last 4.5 billion years Halley's Comet has orbited the Sun. The last time it was visible to the naked eye on Earth was 1986. The next near pass is likely to be about 2061.
No, Halley's comet was not visible in 1834. Halley's comet has an orbital period of about 76 years, so it was last visible from Earth in 1986 and will next be visible in 2061.
You can't see Halley's Comet at any time of the day or night now. It was last seen from Earth in 1986 and won't be seen from Earth again until 2061. It orbits the Solar System, taking about 75 to 76 years to do so, so it can only be seen about that often from Earth.You can't see Halley's Comet at any time of the day or night now. It was last seen from Earth in 1986 and won't be seen from Earth again until 2061. It orbits the Solar System, taking about 75 to 76 years to do so, so it can only be seen about that often from Earth.You can't see Halley's Comet at any time of the day or night now. It was last seen from Earth in 1986 and won't be seen from Earth again until 2061. It orbits the Solar System, taking about 75 to 76 years to do so, so it can only be seen about that often from Earth.You can't see Halley's Comet at any time of the day or night now. It was last seen from Earth in 1986 and won't be seen from Earth again until 2061. It orbits the Solar System, taking about 75 to 76 years to do so, so it can only be seen about that often from Earth.You can't see Halley's Comet at any time of the day or night now. It was last seen from Earth in 1986 and won't be seen from Earth again until 2061. It orbits the Solar System, taking about 75 to 76 years to do so, so it can only be seen about that often from Earth.You can't see Halley's Comet at any time of the day or night now. It was last seen from Earth in 1986 and won't be seen from Earth again until 2061. It orbits the Solar System, taking about 75 to 76 years to do so, so it can only be seen about that often from Earth.You can't see Halley's Comet at any time of the day or night now. It was last seen from Earth in 1986 and won't be seen from Earth again until 2061. It orbits the Solar System, taking about 75 to 76 years to do so, so it can only be seen about that often from Earth.You can't see Halley's Comet at any time of the day or night now. It was last seen from Earth in 1986 and won't be seen from Earth again until 2061. It orbits the Solar System, taking about 75 to 76 years to do so, so it can only be seen about that often from Earth.You can't see Halley's Comet at any time of the day or night now. It was last seen from Earth in 1986 and won't be seen from Earth again until 2061. It orbits the Solar System, taking about 75 to 76 years to do so, so it can only be seen about that often from Earth.You can't see Halley's Comet at any time of the day or night now. It was last seen from Earth in 1986 and won't be seen from Earth again until 2061. It orbits the Solar System, taking about 75 to 76 years to do so, so it can only be seen about that often from Earth.You can't see Halley's Comet at any time of the day or night now. It was last seen from Earth in 1986 and won't be seen from Earth again until 2061. It orbits the Solar System, taking about 75 to 76 years to do so, so it can only be seen about that often from Earth.
You can't see Halley's Comet at any time of the year now. It was last seen from Earth in 1986 and won't be seen from Earth again until 2061. It orbits the Solar System, taking about 75 to 76 years to do so, so it can only be seen about that often from Earth.
You cannot see Halley's Comet once a year. It was last seen in 1986 and won't be seen again until 2061. There is typically a 75 to 76 year gap between when it is seen from Earth. During this time it is orbiting the Solar System and so at this point it is too far away to be seen from Earth. When it comes closer again, it will be seen from Earth.