Is there something similar we can hope to see during our lifetime if we don't intend to live for another 2500 years? I have seen the comment about Halley, is there maybe something as bright that we will be able t observe that isn't a comet?
Is there something similar we can hope to see during our lifetime if we don't intend to live for another 2500 years? I have seen the comment about Halley, is there maybe something as bright that we will be able t observe that isn't a comet?
Bright comets appear every 10 years or so, but there is nothing predicted atm. Check out my response to @choogirl
I have seen that reply, but I hoped you knew of some other bright celestial body that appears only occasionally which isn't a comment, as you have been discussing comets with choogirl :)
Well there are always the planets, Mars makes a close approach to earth this year and will become pretty bright in the sky (almost as bright as Venus).