"It's not going to zing across the sky like a meteor. It will just appear to hang there, and it will slowly change position from night to night," Cooke said. "If you can see (the comet) with your unaided eye, (using) the binoculars will knock your socks off."
C/2023 A3 Tsuchinshan-ATLAS will make its closest approach to Earth on October 12, coming within about 44 million miles of our planet.
Those looking to catch a glimpse of the once-in-a-lifetime event will want to look in the western part of the night sky, shortly after sunset, according to EarthSky.
The comet has an 80,000-year orbit, meaning it would have last been seen from Earth at the time of the Neanderthals.
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