{"id":275794,"date":"2024-03-19T07:02:50","date_gmt":"2024-03-19T14:02:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sftarticles.wpenginepowered.com\/es\/?p=328367"},"modified":"2025-07-01T16:54:32","modified_gmt":"2025-07-01T23:54:32","slug":"the-devils-comet-what-it-is-and-when-to-see-this-curious-comet-erupt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/the-devils-comet-what-it-is-and-when-to-see-this-curious-comet-erupt\/","title":{"rendered":"The “devil’s comet”: what it is and when to see this curious comet erupt"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

If you are a fan of astronomy, next month you have a date with a “diabolical” comet<\/a>. The 12P\/Pons-Brooks<\/strong> comet has been visible to amateur astronomers during the month of March thanks to a series of eruptions that took place on its surface, before being seen between April 21 and 24<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n

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The comet 12P\/Pons-Brooks, also known as the “devil’s comet<\/strong>” thanks to an eruption it had last year that made it look like it had devil horns, only appears in full view once every 71 years<\/strong>. So, for many astronomy enthusiasts, the appearance of the comet this year is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

12P\/Pons-Brooks is a comet ciovolcanic or cold volcano<\/strong> that erupts periodically, making it visible on Earth long before it reaches its April perihelion, the moment when its elliptical orbit approaches the Sun. Space.com<\/a><\/strong> reports that the comet has had occasional eruptions<\/strong> that skywatchers have been able to capture with their telescopes.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Originally spotted in 1812 by the French astronomer Jean-Lous Pons<\/strong>, the comet returned in 1883 and was documented by the American astronomer William Brooks<\/strong>. At that time, Brooks was unaware that his discovery had already been documented seven decades earlier<\/strong>. The scientific community named the comet Pons-Brooks in honor of both men.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to NASA<\/a><\/strong>, the comet could be visible to the naked eye during next month’s eclipse, but for now, it is best to observe it in the early evening with binoculars or a telescope<\/strong>, in the constellation of Pisces.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If you can’t wait until April to see the Pons-Brooks comet<\/a>, you can try to catch a glimpse of it now. Until the end of the month, skywatchers will likely need a telescope or binoculars to locate it near the western horizon.<\/p>\n\n\n

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If you are a fan of astronomy, next month you have a date with a “diabolical” comet. The 12P\/Pons-Brooks comet has been visible to amateur astronomers during the month of March thanks to a series of eruptions that took place on its surface, before being seen between April 21 and 24. The comet 12P\/Pons-Brooks, also … Continue reading “The “devil’s comet”: what it is and when to see this curious comet erupt”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9256,"featured_media":275796,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","wpcf-pageviews":2},"categories":[1015],"tags":[4289],"usertag":[],"vertical":[],"content-category":[],"class_list":["post-275794","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-app-subdomain-redirectionnasa-app"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/275794","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9256"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=275794"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/275794\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":314339,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/275794\/revisions\/314339"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/275796"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=275794"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=275794"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=275794"},{"taxonomy":"usertag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/usertag?post=275794"},{"taxonomy":"vertical","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/vertical?post=275794"},{"taxonomy":"content-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/content-category?post=275794"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}