Zhang said figuring out how a comet behaves close to the Sun can tell us how the solar system evolved. Actual Sun-grazing comets are even rarer. One of the brightest comet displays happened in 1965 ...

In 1965, sungrazing Comet Ikeya-Seki became as bright as a 1st quarter moon. Unfortunately, Battams said the chances of the comet surviving its close passage of the Sun are extremely low ...

The Ikeya-Seki comet may have seemed a dud to casual observers who were screened from its spectacular passage by assorted weather conditions. It was by no means a disappointment to astronomers.

However, while C/2024 S1 never achieved notable brightness, some Kreutz comets have been spectacular, with some even visible from Earth during the daytime. Comet Ikeya-Seki in 1965, believed to be ...

Such was the case for the Great Comet of 1965, also known as Comet Ikeya-Seki; it was so bright that it became visible during the day near the Sun. Comet ATLAS (C/2024 S1) seemed to be sizable ...

In 1965, comet Ikeya-Seki was discovered by two amateur astronomers from Japan. The comet also survived its rendezvous with the Sun, and reached a brightness magnitude of -11, or nearly as bright ...

Larger Kreutz sungrazers can sometimes be bright enough to be visible from Earth with the naked eye, such as Kreutz Comet Ikeya-Seki—also known as the Great Comet of 1965—which hit a magnitude ...

evoking memories of the stunning Comet C/1965 S1 (Ikeya-Seki) seen 60 years ago.” If the headless comet makes it intact after passing the Sun, experts say the best time for viewing in the ...

Comet C/2024 S1 (ATLAS ... Historically, Kreutz sungrazers, including Ikeya-Seki (1965) and Lovejoy (2011), have often become bright enough to be visible even in daylight.

Back in October 1965, another Kreutz sungrazer, Comet Ikeya-Seki, became so brilliant that at its peak it reportedly was 10 times brighter than the full moon and was visible even in the daytime ...