Newly discovered comet to shine brightest this weekend

The brightest comet in several years, Comet Panstarrs, will be visible with naked eyes in the evening twilight. It will pass by sun at a distance of 0.3 Astronomical Unit today, its closest approach.
On the evening of March 12, the slender sliver of a crescent moon, just one day past new, will be positioned less than 5 degrees to the right of the comet, making for perhaps a very picturesque scene
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