At night, photographers around the world were not using it – see what Comet Neowise looks like

Comet C / 2020 F3 (NEOWISE) was discovered on March 27 of this year. NASA’s WISE Space Telescope to search for potentially dangerous asteroids on our planet. The closest comet to Earth will be on July 23, flying 103 million km from it.

Not one Delphi The reader wrote that he had seen the comet. And here the photographer Gytis Burauskas immortalized her. However, he did not aim his object only at a comet that came from afar. This is how it looks in the eyes of photographers.

“July 3, having flown through the Sun at a distance of 43 million kilometers, now gradually drifts away from the Sun. In favorable weather on July nights, this comet can be seen in the Carrier constellation even at simple seen as a bright +2 smoking light. With the help of binoculars or a small telescope, it is possible to admire two impressive comet tails, one of which is made of gas and the other of dust, “says Jonas Vaiškūnas, an observer from the starry sky and ethnocosmologist.

According to him, on July 11. Comet C / 2020 F3 was found in a line, connecting the Carrier’s brightest star, Kapela, with the other star in this constellation, Menkalinan, shining to the left and below it.

“The bright +1.9 star Menkalinan will be the midpoint between the comet and the bright Chapel. In the coming days of July, the comet will gradually glide higher and shine as it recedes from the weakness of the Sun. Well now C / 2020 F3 can also be found in several of the Silver Cloud Kulionys photos tonight. Take a look, “says the ethnocosmologist.