Well, Comet C/2026 A1 (MAPS) didn't survive as I've shared. But we do have another active comet out there, Comet C/2025 R3 (Panstarrs). This is an active, long-period comet currently approaching the Sun, with bright, likely naked-eye or easy binocular visibility expected throughout mid-to-late April 2026. It reaches perihelion on April 19-20, 2026, at ~0.5 AU, likely peaking around magnitude +2 to +3, offering a strong morning show for the Northern Hemisphere.
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This week, we’re tipping our hats to the "Comet Ferret" himself, Charles Messier. While modern observers use his catalog as a "bucket list" of the universe’s most beautiful deep-sky treasures, Messier himself viewed these 110 objects as nothing more than a nuisance—celestial "potholes" to be avoided while hunting for his true passion: comets.
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The Milky Way from Artemis II and The Large Magellanic Cloud appears as a hazy patch of light to the bottom right of the frame. Other notable features in the image include the pink glowing Homunculus Nebula (part of Eta Carinae) and the dark Coalsack Nebula.
