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- Comet PanSTARRS (C/2025 R3) will be visible in the Northern Hemisphere on April 17–18, 2026, low in the eastern sky near the Great Square of Pegasus, at magnitude +4.7.
- The comet was discovered in September 2025.
- It will make its closest approach to Earth on April 27, 2026, at about 44 million miles.
- Afterward, it will move to the Southern Hemisphere and may not be seen again for thousands of years.
