Comet NEOWISE Was Spiraling and Spinning as it Passed by Earth

Comet NEOWISE Was Spiraling and Spinning as it Passed by Earth
By Nancy Atkinson

Earlier this week, we shared an image of Comet NEOWISE (C/2020 F3) taken by the Hubble Space Telescope. And now, here are a group of images from the 8.1-metre Gemini North telescope in Hawaii. Like Hubble, Gemini North focused in on the comet’s nucleus and coma, instead of its stunning, gossamer tails. But Gemini zoomed …

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August 27, 2020 at 09:48PM
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