Just tracked a tiny comet no one’s named yet

It was barely a smudge in the finder scope, but I knew it wasn’t a satellite. I’ve been watching this patch of sky for weeks—just that dull corner near Cassiopeia where the light pollution bleeds in like warm soup. It moved too slow for debris, too steady for a plane. I logged the coordinates, checked the minor planet database, nothing. So I’m calling it Etienne-26. Not because I think it’ll stick, but because someone has to name these things before they vanish again. There’s something sacred about being the first to see something that will never be seen by anyone else.