Rare celestial object sighted over Bengaluru skies

The comet was discovered by the Purple Mountain Observatory in China on January 9, 2023, and independently observed by the Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System in South Africa a month later

​The comet was discovered by the Purple Mountain Observatory in China on January 9, 2023, and independently observed by the Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System in South Africa a month later