Comet to pass Earth close enough for binoculars
New York (UPI) Sep 6, 2014 - For those of us who are interested in astronomy but don't have the equipment to really take a peer into space, there will be an interesting opportunity this week. A comet named "Comet Jacques" will be passing Earth close enough to be viewed by binoculars. The people at the Southern Observatory for Near Earth Astroids Research (SONEAR) in Brazil saw the comet months ago with their high tech equ ... more

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