February is set to get underway with a good chance of seeing a comet that will be at its closest point to our planet for 50,000 years.
Shooting stars and the Milky Way are seen over the Lovell Telescope at Jodrell Bank Observatory in Cheshire. Photo: Peter Byrne/PA Wire
The West Midlands has several destinations that make good stargazing sites on clear nights, including in the Shropshire Hills where four distinct spots have been designated Dark Sky Discovery sites. Those sites are the car parks at Brindley Bottom, Camp Field, Coppice Hill, Penkridge Bank, the White House, Stile Cop and Seven Springs.
The comet is set to come within a mere 26 million miles of Earth on the night of February 1, its closest approach for about 50,000 years - it is believed the last time it came this close was during the Upper Paleolithic era, around the time modern humans were migrating out of Africa.
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