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Forty years ago this month, there came a show stopping celestial sight — literally a bolt out of the blue. 

A brand-new comet, that for several days made headlines around the world due to its exceptionally close passage near the Earth: A distance amounting to less than 3 million miles (4.8 million km), or about 12 times the distance of the Earth to the moon. 

In fact, when the comet was first sighted on April 25, 1983, it was not with human eyes or a telescope , but from a satellite: IRAS, the acronym for InfraRed Astronomical Satellite, launched from the then-Vandenberg Air Force Base the previous January and placed in a 560-mile (900 km) orbit around Earth. The satellite was a joint undertaking by Great Britain, the Netherlands and the United States and was the first space telescope to perform a survey of the entire sky at infrared wavelengths. Its main purpose was to catalog the heat "signatures" of asteroids as well as to observe the processes involved in the birth and death of stars. 

When the IRAS satellite picked up on a fast-moving object on April 25, it was first assumed that it was an asteroid. But then, just over a week later on May 3, Japanese amateur astronomer Genichi Araki reported the discovery of a new comet in the constellation of Draco the Dragon to the Tokyo Observatory. This was followed by an observation made by George Alcock, a well-known British comet observer, who was scanning the sky with 15 x 80 binoculars. Amazingly, Alcock — who had previous discovered four other comets — was inside his house and looking through a closed window, when he stumbled across the comet that Araki had sighted just seven hours before!

It soon became more and more apparent that the object that IRAS had discovered, was in reality not an asteroid, but was the very same comet found by both Araki and Alcock. It was thus deemed appropriate to name the comet IRAS-Araki-Alcock. When Araki and Alcock sighted it, the comet was shining at sixth magnitude — the threshold of visibility for someone without using any optical aid under a dark, clear sky.
Four decades ago, in the same month, a celestial spectacle stole the show akin to a surprising bolt zapping from the clear blue sky.

A fresh, never-before-seen comet made its striking debut, causing quite a stir worldwide due to its remarkably close encounter with Earth. The comet dared to come less than 3 million miles near to us, roughly twelve times the span between our blue planet and its loyal satellite, the moon.

When this comet was first noticed on April 25, 1983, it wasn't by the keen eyes of human stargazers or their telescopes but by the diligent machine observer in space: IRAS, short for InfraRed Astronomical Satellite. This satellite was the fruit of a collaborative effort between Great Britain, the Netherlands, and the United States. Launched into a 560-mile orbit around Earth from the then-Vandenberg Air Force Base, IRAS was the first space telescope to sweep the entire sky for infrared wavelengths. Its key mission? To map the thermal "fingerprints" of asteroids and scrutinize the life-cycle processes of stars.

On that April day, when IRAS detected a fast-moving celestial object, it was initially assumed to be just another asteroid. But the narrative took a thrilling twist just over a week later. On May 3, Genichi Araki, a Japanese amateur astronomer, reported the sighting of a brand-new comet in the constellation of Draco the Dragon to the Tokyo Observatory. Close on the heels of Araki's discovery, George Alcock, a celebrated British comet observer, confirmed the sighting with his trusty 15 x 80 binoculars. In a remarkable turn of events, Alcock — already credited with four comet discoveries spotted the comet while sitting inside his house, gazing out through a closed window, merely seven hours after Araki's sighting!

As the evidence mounted, it was clear that the object IRAS had found was not an asteroid. Instead, it was the very same comet that Araki and Alcock had identified. As such, the comet was fittingly christened IRAS-Araki-Alcock. When the two observers first caught sight of it, the comet glowed with a sixth-magnitude brightness just about visible to the naked eye under a dark, clear sky.