{"id":581815,"date":"2026-04-13T15:13:09","date_gmt":"2026-04-13T15:13:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/581815\/"},"modified":"2026-04-13T15:13:09","modified_gmt":"2026-04-13T15:13:09","slug":"early-risers-may-catch-comet-c-2025-r3-this-week","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/581815\/","title":{"rendered":"Early risers may catch Comet C\/2025 R3 this week"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Discover your best and only chance to spot Comet C\/2025 R3 from the D.C. region this week.<\/p>\n<p>Did WTOP\u2019s coverage of <a href=\"https:\/\/wtop.com\/science\/2026\/04\/photos-artemis-ii-returns-to-earth-with-a-pacific-ocean-splashdown\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Artemis II\u2019s return to Earth<\/a> get your cosmic juices flowing? If so, you may want to set your alarm early.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/wtop.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/redfern-e1776073488282.png\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-29138583\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/redfern-e1776073488282-600x400.png\" alt=\"Comet C\/2025 R3\" width=\"450\" height=\"300\"\/><\/a>CLICK PHOTO TO ENLARGE: Comet C\/2025 R3 in my Unistellar telescope on April 10, 2026. (WTOP\/Greg Redfern)<\/p>\n<p>A <a href=\"https:\/\/science.nasa.gov\/solar-system\/comets\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">brightening comet<\/a>, C\/2025 R3, is now visible low in the eastern sky before dawn. The comet appears in the constellation Pegasus, <a href=\"https:\/\/noirlab.edu\/public\/education\/constellations\/pegasus\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">also known as the Flying Horse<\/a>, and is slowly gaining brightness as it approaches its closest point to the sun.<\/p>\n<p>This week is the best and only opportunity to see the comet from the D.C. region and much of the Northern Hemisphere. After that, it will be lost in the sun\u2019s glare before heading back out of view.<\/p>\n<p>See more details <a href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/jamiecartereurope\/2026\/04\/12\/comet-tracker-how-to-see-pan-starrs-near-a-crescent-moon-on-monday\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Grab your camera, smartphone, binoculars or telescope and look east before sunrise. This brief celestial visitor will not be around for long.<\/p>\n<p>Follow my <a href=\"http:\/\/www.whatsupthespaceplace.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">daily blog<\/a>\u00a0to keep up with the latest news in astronomy and space exploration.<\/p>\n<p class=\"single-page__signature bottom\">Get breaking news and daily headlines delivered to your email inbox by signing up <a href=\"https:\/\/wtop.com\/newsletter-signup\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"single-page__signature bottom\">\u00a9 2026 WTOP. All Rights Reserved. This website is not intended for users located within the European Economic Area.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Discover your best and only chance to spot Comet C\/2025 R3 from the D.C. region this week. Did&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":581816,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[48],"tags":[255037,32021,53996,79,193],"class_list":{"0":"post-581815","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-space","8":"tag-comet-c-2025-r3","9":"tag-comets","10":"tag-greg-redfern","11":"tag-science","12":"tag-space"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/581815","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=581815"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/581815\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/581816"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=581815"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=581815"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=581815"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}