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Comet NEOWISE Rising over the Adriatic Sea
NASA ^
| 13 Sep, 2026
| Video Credit & Copyright: Paolo Girotti
Posted on 09/13/2026 11:43:59 AM PDT by MtnClimber
Explanation: This sight was worth getting out of bed early. Just over four years ago, Comet C/2020 F3 (NEOWISE) rose before dawn to the delight of northern sky enthusiasts awake that early. Up before sunrise on July 8th, the featured photographer was able to capture in dramatic fashion one of the few comets visible to the unaided eye this century, an inner-Solar System intruder that has become known as the Great Comet of 2020. The resulting video detailed Comet NEOWISE from Italy rising over the Adriatic Sea. The featured time-lapse video combines over 240 images taken over 30 minutes. The comet was seen rising through a foreground of bright and undulating noctilucent clouds, and before a background of distant stars. Comet NEOWISE remained unexpectedly bright for over a month, with its ion and dust tails found to emanate from a nucleus spanning about five kilometers across.
TOPICS: Astronomy; Astronomy Picture of the Day; Science
KEYWORDS: apod; astronomy; comet; cometneowise; nasa; neowise; signsandwonders
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posted on
09/13/2026 11:44:32 AM PDT
by
MtnClimber
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Today's image is a 16s video at the source link.
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posted on
09/13/2026 11:45:41 AM PDT
by
MtnClimber
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To: MtnClimber
Very cool THX for posting these.
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posted on
09/13/2026 11:54:18 AM PDT
by
usurper
(AI was born with a birth defect.)
To: MtnClimber
Very cool. Thanks. Here's a gif...
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posted on
09/13/2026 12:08:05 PM PDT
by
BenLurkin
(The above is not a statement of fact. It is opinion or satire. Or both.)
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posted on
09/13/2026 12:08:33 PM PDT
by
MtnClimber
(For photos of scenery, wildlife and climbing, click on my screen name for my FR home page.)
To: ProtectOurFreedom
Noctilucent clouds too. Nice picture.
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posted on
09/13/2026 12:17:51 PM PDT
by
thecodont
To: MtnClimber
real shots are awesome...
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posted on
09/13/2026 12:21:18 PM PDT
by
sit-rep
(I may be Dumb, but I'm not Stupid!)
To: MtnClimber
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posted on
09/13/2026 12:36:17 PM PDT
by
telescope115
(Ad Astra, Ad Deumβ¦)
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posted on
09/13/2026 12:50:55 PM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
(TDS -- it's not just for DNC shills and jihadists anymore -- oh, wait, yeah it is.)
To: usurper
"..Very cool THX for posting these.."Yes. Good call. I've not previously posted a reply that I remember but these are looked forward to every evening and much enjoyed.
Hat's off and a hearty Thanks! for the effort. d:^)
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posted on
09/13/2026 1:29:55 PM PDT
by
CopperTop
(Outside the wire it's just us chickens. Dig?)
To: MtnClimber
When I saw your post, I thought that these were recent images, which didn't make sense because Neowise is on a several thousand year cycle in its orbit, and was last seen from Earth in 2020 (I was fortunate enough to get some good views and murky photos).
Then I saw the dates of the photos...
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