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Comet 168P/Hergenrother was first discovered in 1998.

NASA announces a huge comet will arrive this week - and this is how you can see it; Dubbed 168P-Hergenrother, the blazing comet will be visible with the naked eye in some parts of the UK

Although it is possible to spot the passing comet with the naked eye, it is highly advisable to use a telescope instead to avoid external factors from affecting its visibility.

Comet 168P Will Be Visible From Earth This Week

For observations of comets to be of scientific value the observer should concentrate on the following: estimates of the total visual magnitude of the comet, the diameter of the coma, the degree of condensation, estimates of the length and position angle of the tail, and detailed visual descriptions, sketches and photographs.

Comets

A preceding C is used for non-periodic comets, or comets with periods longer than 200 years.

What's in a Name?

Comet 96P also known as comet Machholz, for amateur astronomer Dan Machholzs 1986 discovery of the comet completes an orbit around the Sun every 5.24 years.

United States : Return of the Comet: 96P Spotted by ESA, NASA Satellites

In September, scientists selected a flat-looking landing spot on one lobe of the comet. Two months later, Rosetta dropped its lander.

Mission to a comet: scientist chase down a space rock to learn how our solar system formed

Data collected through September 2014 are just "our first impression of the comet," says Matt Taylor, Rosetta's project scientist at the European Space Agency's Space Research and Technology Centre in Noordwijk, the Netherlands.

Rosetta reveals a complicated comet: simple 'ice-and-dust' model dashed by images of diverse terrain

The expectation is high that Comet C/ISON will be much brighter and more spectacular than most other sungrazers when it puts on a show late this year.

Hubble photographs newly discovered comet on way to inner solar system

Civilisations in the West usually went with the negative, regarding them as harbingers of evil, but the universal consensus seemed to be that when a comet appeared, something momentous was about to happen.

Stargazing; Welcome to the tail of two comets

As the comet approaches, heat from the sun will vaporize ices in its body, creating what could be a spectacular tail that is visible in Earth's night sky without telescopes or even binoculars from about October 2013 through January 2014.

Comet ISON could outshine moon... if it survives

Lovejoy is quite a remarkable comet. Unlike most Kreutzcomets which end up being consumed by the Sun, Lovejoy survived after passing approximately 140 000 kilometres above the Sun's surface!

Comet lovejoy, the great Christmas comet of 2011

Using the Sierra Stars Observatory Network's 0.61m robotic telescope situated in Markleeville, California, I imaged the comet several times between 2011 April and June (Figure 1).