Goodbye Earthlings: Comet Lovejoy won't return for 8,000 years

Comet Lovejoy was visible Saturday night, the last time the celestial body is expected to be spotted by naked-eye observers on Earth for the next 8,000 years.

Described as a “fuzzy little cottonball of light that differs from the stars” by the director of Los Angeles’ Griffith Observatory, the comet is known for its greenish glow.

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"It's not really brilliant. What's distinctive is it does look fuzzy,” Edwin Krupp told The Los Angeles Times .

#CometLovejoy tonight, 24-01-2015. 10 x 120 second exposures at iso 1600. Skywatcher Equinox 80 https://t.co/LKOFmNFWab

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