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  • Comet NEOWISE over Stonehenge (Astronomy Picture of the Day)

    07/14/2020 8:57:31 PM PDT · by MtnClimber · 19 replies
    APOD.NASA ^ | 14 Jul, 2020 | Declan Deval
    (More comet week) Explanation: Have you ever seen a comet? Tonight -- and likely the next few nights -- should be a good chance. Go outside just at sunset and look to your northwest. The lower your horizon, the better. Binoculars may help, but if your sky is cloudless and dark, all you should need is your unaided eyes and patience. As the Sun sets, the sky will darken, and there will be an unusual faint streak pointing diagonally near the horizon. That is Comet NEOWISE. It is a 5-kilometer-wide evaporating dirty iceberg visiting from -- and returning to --...