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A Serendipitous Crossing: Comet Neowise & Meteor (Original Post) DemoTex Dec 2020 OP
Better look - Next pass in 6,800 years packman Dec 2020 #1
How lucky for you, my dear DemoTex! CaliforniaPeggy Dec 2020 #2
Pure luck, Peggy! DemoTex Dec 2020 #3
 

packman

(16,296 posts)
1. Better look - Next pass in 6,800 years
Thu Dec 31, 2020, 05:24 PM
Dec 2020


Stargazers in the Northern Hemisphere should enjoy every opportunity to see the new Comet NEOWISE as it streaks across the evening sky for the rest of July.
Once it disappears from view, the comet will not be visible in Earth's skies for another 6,800 years, according to NASA.
While July began with the comet visible low on the horizon in the early morning sky, NEOWISE has now transitioned to become an evening comet, perfectly visible as the skies darken.
It's named after NASA's Near-Earth Object Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer, otherwise known as the NEOWISE mission, which discovered it in late March.

You may be able to see it with the naked eye, but grab a pair of binoculars or peer through a small telescope, if you have either, for a better view.

https://www.cnn.com/2020/07/19/world/comet-neowise-july-scn-trnd/index.html

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CaliforniaPeggy

(149,660 posts)
2. How lucky for you, my dear DemoTex!
Thu Dec 31, 2020, 05:41 PM
Dec 2020

And lucky for us that you caught this wonderful image!

Thanks so much for posting it, and a very Happy New Year to you and yours!

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