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…
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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…
Comet NEOWISE: 10 big questions (and answers) about the icy wanderer
Comet NEOWISE has returned to the skies and is delighting skywatchers. So what makes this comet so special? Source: https://www.livescience.com/comet-neowise-strange-facts.html
Comet NEOWISE and Nebulae
Would you brave wild animals to photograph this sky? Source: https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/astropix.html…
Dazzling Comet NEOWISE could be an astronomical bonanza
Astronomers are buzzing about Comet NEOWISE, which observers under clear, dark skies in the Northern Hemisphere can currently see with the naked eye. Source: https://www.livescience.com/comet-neowise-astronomical-bonanza.html
Don’t miss Comet NEOWISE in the evening sky now. It won’t be back for 6,800 years.
Comet NEOWISE is now visible in the evening sky for stargazers. It won’t be back for 6,800 years. Source: https://www.livescience.com/comet-neowise-visible-evening-sky-july-2020.html
NEOWISE of the North
After local midnight on July 14 comet NEOWISE was Source: https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/astropix.html…
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…
The Long Tails of Comet NEOWISE
This Comet NEOWISE (C/2020 F3) now sweeps through Source: https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/astropix.html…
Comet NEOWISE over the Swiss Alps
Comet NEOWISE has been wowing photographers around much of the world during dawn and dusk, at the margins of Source: https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/astropix.html…