Overview
- The faint green coma and a short, nearly colorless dust tail were visible for only a few minutes before the comet set below the western skyline on Saturday.
- Astrophotographer Deepak Choudhary documented the sighting from a Bengaluru rooftop using a William Optics Zenithstar 61 refractor and a ZWO ASI533MC camera.
- Residents shared photos and reactions on social media, confirming the brief city-level view despite heavy light pollution.
- Scientists attribute the green hue to fluorescence from diatomic carbon in the coma, which breaks apart quickly and leaves the tail mostly colorless.
- Discovered in January by the Mount Lemmon Observatory, the long-period comet remains observable with binoculars from dark sites as its brightness varies with outgassing and it nears a Nov. 8 perihelion.