Discovered green comet recently came close to Earth

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A newly discovered comet will fly very close to our planet on Wednesday.

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Scientists say that it took about 50,000 years for the object to travel towards us.

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Photos taken by astronomers show a distinct green hue around the comet's body.

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Those expecting a bright streak of emerald in the sky will be disappointed. Its brightness is on the threshold visible to the naked eye.

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Dr. Robert Massey, Deputy Executive Director of the Royal Astronomical Society, says that you must have seen these reports saying that we are going to light up this bright green object in the sky.

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Away from light pollution and under dark skies you can see haze in the sky – if you know what you're looking for.

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Potential stargazers have a better chance of seeing it using binoculars, in which it will appear as a faint white haze.

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Comets are mostly made of ice and dust. As they approach the Sun, the ice evaporates and the dust is stirred up to form the signature long tail.

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Astronomers discovered Comet C/2022 E3 (ZTF) last March at the Palomar Observatory in California.

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But it will make its closest approach to Earth this Wednesday, about 41 million km (26 million miles) away. what we had seen

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To find it, Massey suggests first looking for the Pole Star, which is always in the same place in the sky.

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