Fresh off the heels ofISON ’s untimely demise , Brazilian stargazer have declare the breakthrough of a unexampled and luminous comet . Called C/2014 E2 ( Jacques ) , they notice it using the SONEAR observatory near Oliveira , Brazil .
https://gizmodo.com/farewell-comet-ison-after-a-weekend-of-hemming-and-ha-1475118595
Thediscoverywas made by Cristovao Jacques , E. Pimentel , and J. Barros . It ’s the 2nd comet observe by this team . The confirmation persona ( above ) was get by astronomers working at the Remanzacco Observatory in Italy .
Here ’s the comet in natural process via a picture uploaded by Steven Tilley :
We do n’t know very much about the comet at this point except that it features a very lustrous comatoseness . No word yet if it ’ll be the so - called Comet of the Century — but we ’ll keep you post .
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