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Early risers may catch Comet C/2025 R3 this week

By Greg Redfern

Did WTOP’s coverage of Artemis II’s return to Earth get your cosmic juices flowing? If so, you may want to set your alarm early.

Comet C/2025 R3
CLICK PHOTO TO ENLARGE: Comet C/2025 R3 in my Unistellar telescope on April 10, 2026. (WTOP/Greg Redfern)

A brightening comet, C/2025 R3, is now visible low in the eastern sky before dawn. The comet appears in the constellation Pegasus, also known as the Flying Horse, and is slowly gaining brightness as it approaches its closest point to the sun.

This week is the best and only opportunity to see the comet from the D.C. region and much of the Northern Hemisphere. After that, it will be lost in the sun’s glare before heading back out of view.

See more details here.

Grab your camera, smartphone, binoculars or telescope and look east before sunrise. This brief celestial visitor will not be around for long.

Follow my daily blog to keep up with the latest news in astronomy and space exploration.

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