Berlin , This will be a unique spectacle: Comet “C/2021 A1 Leonard” discovered at the beginning of the year will pass over Earth next weekend and may be visible in the morning sky. The Star Friends Association announced that it would reach its closest distance on Sunday morning. However, he remains within a “respectable distance” of 34 million kilometres. If the weather and dawn go hand in hand, it may be visible to the naked eye between 6 and 7 o’clock on the eastern horizon on Sunday. “This tail star will not make a bright spectacle,” says Sternfreunde. But it should be easy to detect with binoculars or binoculars.

“This visit of Comet Leonard is not a bright celestial event, but it will be the only one for us,” said astronomical friends. After orbiting the Sun in a wide arc, the celestial body would disappear into the vastness of space and never return to the Solar System. “C/2021 A1 Leonard” was the first comet discovered on January 3 this year. He was observed by Gregory J Leonard at the Mount Lemon Observatory in the US state of Arizona.

Comets are billions of years old and originated from the earliest days of our solar system. They consist of a mixture of ice, dust and rock. When a comet approaches the Sun, its core, usually only a few kilometers in size, begins to evaporate and form a dense cloud of dust and gas. The tail of the comet comes out later.