Comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS is growing dimmer as it speeds away from Earth. It should be visible through at least Saturday (Oct. 26), but the comet is speeding away from Earth and growing more difficult to see with the naked eye. The comet is currently high in the west at sunset as seen from the mid-latitudes of North America, but is dim enough that a pair of binoculars or small telescope is likely your best bet at this point.

If you'd like a more up-close view of the comet without the need for optics, astronomer Gianluca Masi of the Virtual Telescope Project will be livestreaming telescope observations Comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS beginning at 2 p.m. EDT (1800 GMT) on Monday (Oct. 21). Watch it live here courtesy of the Virtual Telescope Project or at the project's YouTube channel.