CHRISTMAS COMET ALERT: Newly-discovered Comet ZTF (C/2022 E3) is approaching Earth for a close encounter next month. It’s already within range of backyard telescopes, and a New Moon makes Christmas weekend a good time to look. Full story @ Spaceweather.com

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Above: Comet ZTF photographed by Michael Jaeger of Martinsberg, Austria, on Dec. 18, 2022