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get your telescopes ready there's a celestial triple feature on our horizon a snow moon a penumbral lunar eclipse and a comet are all going to make appearances in our night skies the evening of February 10th through the morning of February 11th 2017 if you aren't sure what those first two things are a snow moon is North America's nickname for a full moon in February kind of like how we call it a Harvest Moon in September and a penumbral lunar eclipse is when the moon passes through a part of the Earth's shadow that means the full snow moon will get a bit darker because of that Eclipse and most of the world will be able to view some or all of it Australia and Japan are out of luck though sorry as for a comment 45p or Honda mirko's okay you know what you guys I wrote this down so that we could all pronounce it together I've got Honda mirko's Pass does Cova that sounds right anyway comet 45p will make its closest approach to earth the morning of February 11 but it might be a bit tough to see with the naked eye because of that snow moon eclipse if you have binoculars or a telescope you'll find it in the constellation Hercules it'll have a bright green tail so it'll be easy to spot if you find yourself without the right equipment or have cloudy skies in your area SLU Observatory will be live-streaming the approach on its youtube channel if you want to yell at me on Twitter about how to pronounce that comets name it's at ashley Esqueda for more information check out cnet.com beacon humans