The National Weather Service in Seattle also posted images of the comet taken Wednesday morning.
The image at the top of the page was taken on the morning of July 8th by an employee at the National Weather Service branch in Elko, Nevada. This time lapse captured from the International Space Station on July 5th shows the comet rising above the horizon in spectacular fashion, but you don’t have to be onboard the ISS to see NEOWISE. The future brightness of Comet NEOWISE remains somewhat uncertain, but the comet will likely continue to be findable not only in the early morning sky, but also next week in the early evening sky.”Ĭomet NEOWISE from ISS, July 5th /pAbGdtchAc As Comet NEOWISE became one of the few naked-eye comets of the 21st Century, word spread quickly, and the comet has already been photographed behind many famous sites and cities around the globe. The interplanetary iceberg survived solar heating, so far, and is now becoming closer to the Earth as it starts its long trek back to the outer Solar System. “ Comet C/2020 F3 (NEOWISE) was discovered in late March and brightened as it reached its closest approach to the Sun, inside the orbit of Mercury, late last week. Here is an excerpt about the comet from NASA from their “Astronomy Picture of the Day” page on July 7th, which includes a fabulous image of the comet over Lebanon. It’s not as bright as the so called “great” comets like Halley’s or Hale-Bopp, but it has surprised astronomers since reaching perihelion, becoming a naked-eye object for many observers. Two comets that raced into the inner solar system earlier this year may have fizzled out, but now Comet NEOWISE (C/2020 F3) is putting on a show for those willing to stay up late or get up early.
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