Finally! We’ve got a comet that’s visible to the unaided eye. Comet C/2020 F3 NEOWISE

Finally! We’ve got a comet that’s visible to the unaided eye. Comet C/2020 F3 NEOWISE
By Paul M. Sutter

Look up! A rare naked-eye comet, C/2020 F3 (NEOWISE), is now visible to the unaided eye. But act fast – this celestial treat won’t last long. Astronomers first detected the comet C/2020 F3 (better known as NEOWISE) in late March with the Near-Earth Object Wide-Field Infrared Survey Explorer (NEOWISE, hence the name of the comet) …

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July 10, 2020 at 06:30AM
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