How to Catch the Christmas Comet

The Christmas Comet is back for another visit this year! Here's how you can catch it.

"By my count, there have been only about 10 other known comets that approached this close over the last century," Paul Chodas, a scientist at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California said.

(NBC News)

Hey sky watchers, it's a good time to try to catch a #comet. 46P/Wirtanen will make one of the 10 closest comet flybys in the past 70 years, and you may even be able to see it without a telescope. More about the comet: https://t.co/2oLmcRu0OQ
Viewing tips: https://t.co/0bsSfKi9O6 pic.twitter.com/hLiuWcKyrr

— NASA Solar System (@NASASolarSystem) December 17, 2018

Virtual Telescope Project is using its robotic telescopes for a free live-stream of the comet on Tuesday at 5 p.m. ET.