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July 18

C/2014 UN271 (Bernardinelli-Bernstein) visibility

Are there any estimates on whether or not C/2014 UN271 (Bernardinelli-Bernstein) will become visible to the naked eye? Bubba73 ^{You talkin' to me?} 17:13, 18 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Despite its massive size Comet Bernardinelli-Bernstein sadly won’t ever get close enough to Earth for us to have a look naked-eye... In fact, it will only reach magnitude +17 as seen from Earth, which is well out of reach for backyard telescopes. [1] Alansplodge (talk) 18:10, 18 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

It is unlikely to ever become visible to the naked eye taking into account its perihelion distance. Ruslik_Zero 18:12, 18 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

That is what I was thinking, with a perihelion of ~ 10AU. Bubba73 ^{You talkin' to me?} 23:04, 18 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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