Wednesday, July 15, 2020

NEW NAKED EYE COMET VISIBLE NOW

Comet Neowise is a naked eye visible comet that can be seen in the NW sky at near Sundown through about the 23rd of this month. It is between LEO and URSA MAJOR (Big Dipper Asterism). See diagram below. For more information see the following source: https://skyandtelescope.org/astronomy-news/comet-neowise-dazzles-at-dusk/This is one of those unusual comets that are close and bright to see without a telescope. It is great with binoculars.

2 comments:

  1. The comet will be the closest to Earth (perigee) the night of July 21-22.

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  2. So does anyone have an ideal where to best view neowise here within or around Tyler? We have tried scouting for places but there are too many trees in the way. Looking for a future great astronomy gazing spot that has low light pollution and is public. Thoughts anyone?

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