How to see a once-in-a-lifetime green comet: Space rock dubbed the 'Mother of Dragons' is now visible in the night sky - here's the best time to spot it before it vanishes for another 70 years

• Comet 12P/Pons-Brooks is viewable from the northern hemisphere in early April
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By JONATHAN CHADWICK FOR MAILONLINE 

Before Monday's solar eclipse happens, eagle eyed skygazers will have a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to see a rare green comet, dubbed the 'Mother of Dragons', in the night's sky.

According to astronomers, Comet 12P/Pons–Brooks is viewable at night from the northern hemisphere in early April. 

Larger than Mount Everest, it should appear as a green blob with a hazy tail as it makes its first visit to the inner solar system in 71 years. 

To see Comet 12P/Pons-Brooks, look westwards in the night's sky and find the constellation of stars known as Aries the Ram, which forms a loose V-shape. 

Over the next few weeks it will keep moving west towards Orion, the constellation that looks like the great mythical hunter. 

To see Comet 12P/Pons-Brooks, look westwards in the night sky and find the constellation of stars known as Aries the Ram, which forms a loose V-shape. Over the next few weeks it will keep moving west towards Orion, the constellation that looks like the great mythical hunter