Comet Neowise In July 2020 #1
by Michael Szoenyi/science Photo Library
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Comet Neowise In July 2020 #1
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Michael Szoenyi/science Photo Library
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Photograph - Photograph
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Comet Neowise (C/2020 F3). This comet was discovered on 27th March 2020 by astronomers using the NEOWISE (Wide-Field Infrared Explorer) space telescope. It became visible to the naked eye by July 2020, and is one of the brightest comets since comet Hale-Bopp in 1997. It made its closest approach to the Sun on 3rd July 2020 at a distance of 43 million kilometres. Photographed from Challhochi, Switzerland, in July 2020.
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May 9th, 2022
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