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Discovery image – the comet appears as three fuzzy red dots in this composite of three infrared images taken by NEOWISE on March 27, 2020. The object was discovered by a team using the WISE space telescope under the NEOWISE program on March 27, 2020. [1] It was classified as a comet on March 31 and named after NEOWISE on April 1. [5]
The new comet can be seen this weekend after sunset, above the northwestern horizon as it moves farther from the Sun. It’s named after the Neowise space telescope that first detected it on March 27.
Comet WISE and Comet NEOWISE may refer to any comets below discovered by the Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer satellite between 2009 and 2024: Periodic comets
Get out this week and look up to see Comet NEOWISE, the most spectacular comet in decades. Skip to main content. 24/7 Help. For premium support please call: 800-290-4726 more ...
Stargazers have the opportunity to spot a rare object in the sky this month as a newly discovered comet flies through the inner solar system for the first time in 6,800 years.
On 27 March 2020, the comet C/2020 F3 (NEOWISE) was discovered by the WISE spacecraft. It eventually became a naked-eye comet and was widely photographed by professional and amateur astronomers. It was the brightest comet visible in the northern hemisphere since comet Hale-Bopp in 1997.
According to NASA, Comet Neowise, a newly discovered three-mile-wide comet that’s visible to the naked eye, has already made its appearance in the early morning sky. But starting this week, it ...
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