How To See the <br />Year’s Brightest <br />Comet, Leonard, , As It Nears Earth.<br />Leonard is a recently-discovered comet...<br />... that has been traveling for the past year from where it was first detected, close to Jupiter toward the sun.<br />The comet is in the early morning sky right at the moment, ... , Ed Krupp, Director of the Griffith Observatory, via NPR News.<br />... and that means getting up very early, probably around 5:00 a.m. or so and looking more or less to <br />the northeast, Ed Krupp, Director of the Griffith Observatory, via NPR News.<br />The comet will just be about half the width of a clenched fist to the left [of Arcturus]. , Ed Krupp, Director of the Griffith Observatory, via NPR News.<br />Arcturus is a star that appears low on the horizon, off the end of the Big Dipper constellation.<br />Astronomers say <br />that while it's the<br />brightest comet <br />of the year.<br />it will be best observed with a telescope.<br />You might spot it with the unaided eye, but more likely, you're going to need binoculars [or] a telescope, Ed Krupp, Director of the Griffith Observatory, via NPR News.<br />Astronomers also say that it's difficult to tell whether or not the comet will be as bright <br />as some comets of 2020.<br />I wouldn't say this comet will be spectacular if you compare it to Comet Neowise, Peter Veres, Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, via NPR News.<br />The comet will likely be visible as soon as Dec. 6, but perhaps best viewed sometime later this month.<br />The optimum time [at night] probably is from the Dec. 17 on, Peter Veres, Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, via NPR News.<br />Those who miss the comet this month in <br />North America will need to travel to South America <br />to catch it later in the new year
