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Credit & Copyright: Jarek Oszywa
Explanation:
Would you brave wild animals to photograph this sky?
One astrophotographer did -- and we all get to reap the rewards.
First, thousands of stars were visible with many of the brightest impressively blue.
Next, several red-glowing nebulae were discernible, including the
California Nebula on the far right, and, above it, the
Heart and Soul nebulae.
But the real reason to brave the local wildlife was
Comet NEOWISE, visible on the left.
In the
featured long-duration composite taken last week,
Comet NEOWISE's blue-glowing
ion tail points straight up, away from the rising
Sun,
while the Sun-reflecting
dust tail
trails off toward the right.
The picture combines three exposures taken consecutively
over 10 minutes from the same location near
Miedzygö¨rze,
Poland.
A moonlit dirt road shows the path ahead, while the
ånieznik Mountains is visible on the horizon.
Comet C/2020 F3 (NEOWISE)
passes its closest to the Earth next week, after which the 5-km wide, evaporating,
icy dirtball will fade as it
glides back to the outer Solar System.
Notable Images of Comet NEOWISE Submitted to APOD: July
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NASA Official: Jay Norris. Specific rights apply.
A service of: LHEA at NASA / GSFC
& Michigan Tech. U.
Based on Astronomy Picture
Of the Day
Publications with keywords: comet
Publications with words: comet
See also:
- APOD: 2024 June 4 Á Comet Pons Brooks Develops Opposing Tails
- APOD: 2024 April 17 Á Total Eclipse and Comets
- APOD: 2024 April 8 Á The Changing Ion Tail of Comet Pons Brooks
- Comet Pons-Brooks at Night
- APOD: 2024 March 18 Á Comet Pons Brooks Swirling Coma
- Comet 12P/Pons Brooks in Northern Spring
- Structure in the Tail of Comet 12P/Pons Brooks