An amateur astronomer has discovered a bright green comet dive-bombing toward the inner solar system. The emerald-colored object will slingshot around the sun in less than a month, when it could become visible to the naked eye — but anyone with decent backyard gear may be able to see it now.
The new comet, dubbed SWAN25F, was discovered April 1 by Australian amateur astronomer Michael Mattiazzo, who noticed the comet in photos captured by the SWAN camera on the European Space Agency's Solar and Heliospheric Observatory (SOHO) spacecraft, according to Spaceweather.com.
