Taiwan News
Date: 2016/12/31
By: Sophia Yang, Taiwan News, Staff Writer

Taipei (Taiwan News) – If you are staying out late for New Year’s Eve countdown party, look up to the sky. You may be able to spot a comet streaking across the heavens, just two and half hours after the stroke of midnight.

The bluish-green comet with a thin fan-shaped tail is expected to appear at 2:30 a.m. on January 1, 2017, Taiwan time. That’s when it will be closest to the sun.

However, the U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration’s (NASA) Jet Propulsion Laboratory scientists noted that Honda-Mrkos-Pajdusakova, or Comet 45P, might be too dim to see with the naked eye. People are advised to grab a pair of binoculars or look through a telescope near the crescent moon for the best results.   [FULL  STORY]