The rare comet NEOWISE will be visible in the night sky this July
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This July, turn to the night sky and make sure to observe the rare comet, NEOWISE.
The next time the rare comet will be visible from Earth will be the year 8786. That is almost 6,600 years in the future.
The Comet C/2020 F3 NEOWISE was discovered by NASA’s Near-Earth Object Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (NEOWISE) telescope on 27 March.
It will be visible from India starting 14 July. It will be visible after sunset for around 20 minutes for the next 20 days.
You can observe it with naked eyes in dark skies with little or no light pollution. However, you need binoculars to see its tail.
The rare comet will come the closest to Earth on 22-23 July. It will start fading away when it starts entering the outer parts of the solar system in August.
Comets are cosmic snowballs of frozen gases, rock and dust that orbit the Sun. According to NASA, Comet NEOWISE’s nucleus is about 5 km. It is covered with sooty particles leftover from its formation near the birth of our solar system 4.6 billion years ago.
Skywatchers have been taking gorgeous pictures of the comet. Astronauts from the International Space Station (ISS) also managed to catch a stunning natural light show from the comet.
Watch the video below of the comet as seen from ISS:
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