Comet NEOWISE (C/2020 F3) in the early morning of July 15, 2020, showing the white dust tail and blue ion tail. Some of the banding structure in the dust tail is visible. This comet was discovered on 27th March 2020 by astronomers using the NEOWISE (Wide-Field Infrared Explorer) space telescope. It became visible to the naked eye by July 2020, and is one of the brightest comets since comet Hale-Bopp in 1997. It made its closest approach to the Sun on 3rd July 2020 at a distance of 43 million kilometres. Photographed from Dinosaur Provincial Park, Alberta, Canada. | |
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