A rare comet was captured from the Norfolk coast ahead of it being visible to the naked eye for the first time in 170,000 years.
A stargazer captured Comet C/2025 R3 (PanSTARRS) from Great Yarmouth seafront during the early hours of Tuesday morning.
Lukasz Sledzinski saw it in the sky for five minutes at 4.45am before it was no longer visible through his telescope.
Comet C/2025 R3 (PanSTARRS) is a long-period comet discovered in September 2025 and is currently moving toward the sun.
It was first spotted by the Pan-STARRS telescope in Hawaii, but is believed to have originated from the distant Oort Cloud.
This weekend is the perihelion period, when it will be closest to the sun, and could become visible to the naked eye or with binoculars if it holds together.
Astronomers are preparing for an exciting starwatching event and say that it could shine between a magnitude of three and five.
Visibility, however, does depend on local weather and horizon conditions.
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