In recent days, the social media pipeline has been promoting the prospects for a bright new comet for September.
The new object was discovered by Japanese amateur astronomer Hideo Nishimura of Kakegawa City, Japan, on Aug. 12th, which is news in itself. These days, the lion's share of new comet discoveries are being made using robotic cameras which are constantly scanning the skies, primarily for asteroids that might make close approaches to Earth.
