Comet-Tsuchinshan-Atlas will continue to get higher in the sky through the third week of October, however it will also be getting dimmer as it moves further away from the sun. Comets are large icy bodies that move through space that often originate from the Kuiper Belt or Oort Cloud beyond the orbit of Pluto.

The ancient comet—dubbed the “comet of the century”—returns to the inner solar system only once every 80,000 years.

Have you seen comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS yet? If you haven't yet seen the bright, icy space rock that's traveled from the edge of the solar system, it's not too late. But you need to see it soon.