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Credit & Copyright: Maroun Habib (Moophz)
Explanation:
A comet has suddenly become visible to the unaided eye.
Comet C/2020 F3 (NEOWISE) was discovered in late March and
brightened
as it reached its closest approach to the Sun, inside the orbit of Mercury, late
last week.
The interplanetary iceberg survived solar heating, so
far,
and is now becoming closer to the Earth as it starts its long trek back to the outer
Solar
System.
As Comet NEOWISE
became one of the few naked-eye comets of the 21st Century,
word spread quickly, and the
comet has already been photographed
behind many famous sites and cities
around the globe.
Featured,
Comet NEOWISE was captured over Lebanon two days ago just before sunrise.
The
future brightness of Comet NEOWISE remains somewhat uncertain but the comet
will likely
continue to be
findable
not only in the early morning sky,
but also next week in the early evening sky.
Comet NEOWISE from Around the Globe:
Notable Images Submitted to APOD
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NASA Web Site Statements, Warnings, and Disclaimers
NASA Official: Jay Norris. Specific rights apply.
A service of: LHEA at NASA / GSFC
& Michigan Tech. U.
Based on Astronomy Picture
Of the Day
Publications with keywords: comet
Publications with words: comet
See also:
- APOD: 2024 December 16 Á A Kilometer High Cliff on Comet Churyumov Gerasimenko
- APOD: 2024 November 27 Á The Meteor and the Comet
- APOD: 2024 November 11 Á The Unusual Tails of Comet Tsuchinshan Atlas
- APOD: 2024 November 6 Á Comet Tsuchinshan Atlas over the Dolomites
- APOD: 2024 October 21 Á Comet Tsuchinshan ATLAS over California
- Comet Tsuchinshan ATLAS Flys Away
- Most of Comet Tsuchinshan ATLAS