April 8th 2024 Comet. An unusual horned comet is now visible in the night sky — and it may even make a rare appearance during the 2024 total solar eclipse on april 8. Bring your binoculars along during the total solar eclipse on april 8, 2024, and you might be able to catch a comet hovering in the sky near the eclipsed sun.

At this moment, it will shine at its brightest (with a magnitude of around 4.0) in the. New comet discovered (and destroyed) researchers discovered a tiny sungrazer comet just hours before the eclipse began.