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Originally Posted by erick
Yes, patience is required - and it's going to be spectacular in the night sky - I can just feel it! But it was also nice to see it in the daylight hours last Sunday evening - a real excitement to see something other than the sun and the moon in daylight!
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It really was a great sight, and hopefully the show isn't over. I've just done some promising reading:
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The comet remains visible to Southern Hemisphere observers in both the morning and evening sky, entering the constellation Microscopium on 18 January, but fading rapidly and dropping below 6th magnitude by 09 Feb. However, observers are encouraged to watch closely, as sungrazing comets often break up shortly after perihelion and flare dramatically.
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Source: Wikipedia
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This placed the comet on the "sun-grazer" category and a prime candidate to be split apart by the Sun's gravitational pull.
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Source: Scoop.co.nz
