![]() ![]() That passage increases the comet’s orbital period from about 4500 years to about 6800 years. The comet has already passed the sun making its closest approach (perihelion) on July 3 at a distance of 0.29 AU (43 million km 27 million mi). Located in the northeast predawn skies below the star Capella approximately 15 degrees above the horizon Credit: Ken Kremerīut be aware that the best way to find NEOWISE is with binoculars and a camera standing stationary on a tripod taking exposures lasting a few seconds.Īlthough I’ve seen NEOWISE with binoculars I’ve not yet seen NEOWISE with the naked eye – although that should change soon as it rises in the sky during the month of July.Ĭomet NEOWISE was only just discovered less than four months ago on March 27, 2020, by NASA’s Near-Earth Object Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (NEOWISE) space telescope mission. Comet NEOWISE as photographed at about 5:30 a.m. ET from my house as it declined to the horizon and disappeared behind trees and houses.Īnd last week I observed and photographed Comet NEOWISE rising over the Max Brewer Bridge in Titusville – below the star Capella in the constellation Auriga. I observed Comet NEOWISE last night Thursday, July 16 starting about 45 minutes after sunset starting about 20 degrees above the horizon – from about 9 to 10:15 p.m. #cometNEOWISE /6FR2m4iBPkĭark sky locations are of course best for comet viewing with the naked eye and otherwise.īut I located it in the town of Titusville with the help of binoculars and a camera. Saw also in binocs but not naked eye, Titusville, FL. ![]() Personally I’ve seen it this past week before sunrise last week on July 11 looking to the northeast and after sunset last night July 16 looking to the northwest – from my base in the Florida Space Coast.Ĭurrently it is approximately magnitude 2.Ĭomet Neowise moments ago: My 1st evening views tonight 9 to 10 PM ET Jul 16 directly below the Big Dipper – descending to the horizon. So between now and the end of this month will be your best chance to see it in the evening skies when its most convenient for most of the population – and rising increasingly higher each day in the evening skies above the northwestern horizon. Until just a few days ago Comet NEOWISE was only observable in the early morning hour just before sunrise – and was hard to catch between the morning haze around 45 minutes before sunrise at around 515 to 545 a.m. In fact, it is one of the brightest comets visible in the northern hemisphere since Comet Hale–Bopp in 1997. So you should really be sure to try and catch a glimpse of the best comet viewing in about two decades before it disappears into deep space – basically almost forever for us – for the next 6800 years! Recently discovered Comet NEOWISE (C/2020 F3) is now putting on a dazzling display in the early evening for skywatchers in the Northern Hemisphere and it is right at prime time, roughly 45 minutes or so after sunset, and showing off a spectacular tail to boot – as it passes through the inner solar system, weather permitting of course. Located in the northwest evening skies below the Big Dipper approximately 20 degrees above the horizon. Comet NEOWISE as photographed at about 9 p.m. ![]()
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