2015 Comets to Look Out For
18 April 2015 After the success of C/2014 Q2 (Lovejoy), the Christmas comet of 2014, which rapidly and unexpectedly brightened to become visible to the naked eye, we’re obviously keen to see more in 2015. Probably the most famous current comet media celebrity is 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko, the home to the Rosetta orbiter and the Philae lander. It will reach its closest approach to the Sun in August 2015 but, even then, will not be particularly bright. I expect it reach about magnitude 9 at best and so won’t be visible in anything other than a reasonable telescope. Comet C/2014 Q1 (PanSTARRS)…