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It is the closest approach to the sun, a point known as per helium, on September 12, when it passed a little under 47 million miles from the sun, or roughly half Earth's average orbital distance. Recent observations collected by the Common Observation Database, or COBS, run by the CRNI VRH Observatory in Slovenia, have placed C2025R2 swans' brightness at magnitude 5.6, meaning that it could already be visible as a very faint naked eye object under perfectly dark skies. For context, the human eye is capable of detecting night sky objects with a magnitude lower than plus 6 under ideal conditions. The brighter an object, the lower its magnitude. And I think we already talked about that. It will be much easier to spot through a pair of binoculars or a telescope. How to find Comet C2025R2 swan in the October night sky. Comet C2022R2 swan can be found in the evening sky throughout October and is best spotted in the hours following sunset. Before it sinks low on the south-southwest horizon on October 16, the comet will be positioned approximately 5 degrees to the upper left of star Xi Serpentis, the eastern section of the constellation Serpens. A stargazing app on your mobile device can help you locate the comet if you're unfamiliar with these stars. We'll see C2025R2 swan pass above the famous teapot asterism in the constellation Sagittarius to pass through the stars of the constellation Scutum. So Sagittarius is easier to spot towards the west. So if you see what looks like a teapot kind of pouring out its T towards the western horizon, that's Sagittarius. So this comet is going to be just above the handle. So that might be a possibility. By the end of the month, the wandering solar system body will be visible above the southern horizon between the bright stars. Saddle Millik and Saddle Sude in the cost of the comet, with the half-lit moon shining below. This is repeater station kilo kilo 7, November Quebec, November, all star node 6222, located in Shelton, Washington. Stargazers hoping to catch a glimpse of C2025R2 swan should read our roundups of the best binoculars and telescope. OK, that's just an advertisement there. But let's see if I can pull that over on a unit tonight. Let's see if that'll stop. Yes, there we go.