Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Lynx (Lyn)  ·  Contains:  The star 16Lyn  ·  The star 21Lyn  ·  The star 22Lyn  ·  The star ψ9Aur
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Comet Neowise C2020F3, Al Bates
Comet Neowise C2020F3
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Comet Neowise C2020F3

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Comet Neowise C2020F3, Al Bates
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Comet Neowise C2020F3

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C/2020 F3 or Comet NEOWISE is a long period comet with a near-parabolic orbit discovered on March 27, 2020, by astronomers during the NEOWISE mission of the Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer space telescope. At that time, it was an 18th-magnitude object, located 2 AU away from the Sun and 1.7 AU away from Earth.

Comet Neowise C2020F3  
Gear.. Canon EOS 60Da 
Size 2000x1333
1 Frame 8 sec F-5.6 at 106mm
ISO 1600
July 13 2020 at 3:10am

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Comet Neowise C2020F3, Al Bates