The nearby interstellar comet "3i/Atlas" has garnered worldwide attention for its characteristics unseen in our solar system. But it's also of particular interest to a Green Country firefighter.

3i/Atlas will become visible to telescopes in those early morning time windows beginning Nov. 12.

While Oklahoma has plenty of storm chasers looking to the skies, it also has Scott Bratt, a dedicated comet chaser. Right now he's on the tail of the comet, or rather, an anomalous tail that didn't show itself when close to the sun, unlike our solar system's comets.

"It is an early morning target, and you've got a small window to try to catch it (before sunrise)," Scott Bratt told 2 News on Nov. 11.

"As far as we know, in recent times anyway since we've been able to catalog them, there's only been

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