To photograph comet Neowise, it takes patience and placement

The newly discovered comet Neowise is only visible from Earth once every 6,800 years, and photographers who want to document it seek places with high elevation and little smog or light pollution. A place like North Carolina’s famed Grandfather Mountain. Source: https://phys.org/news/2020-07-comet-neowise-patience-placement.html…

Comet NEOWISE’s tails

What is creating the structure in Comet NEOWISE’s 2 tails? Source: https://earthsky.org/todays-image/structure-comet-neowise-tails-gobi-desert-photo-july2020-apod…

Image: Comet NEOWISE seen in an aurora-filled sky

Comet NEOWISE is visible in an aurora-filled sky in this photo by Aurorasaurus Ambassador Donna Lach. The photo was taken early on July 14, 2020, in western Manitoba, Canada. The purple ribbon-like structure to the left is STEVE, an aurora-related phenomenon discovered with the help of citizen scientists working with the Aurorasaurus project. The bright streak near the top of the…