Just days after a photographer captured the NEOWISE comet over Stonehenge, another photographer took a picture of the celestial body above another iconic UK site, Windsor Castle.
The image was taken by Deepal Ratnayaka, who took the photo on July 11, reports the British news agency SWNS. Ratnayaka, an amateur photographer, said the photo was incredible luck.
“It was such a perfect moment,” Ratnayaka told the media. “Even the castle looks majestic.”
The incredible view of Comet NEOWISE over Windsor Castle. (Credit: SWNS)
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Like many photographers, Ratnayaka has had to deal with light pollution and cloud cover while trying to see the comet. But that night, the conditions were perfect to see it with the naked eye.
“It was the first time I had seen a comet with the naked eye,” Ratnayaka continued. “Windsor is usually such a light-polluted city. I don’t think I can recreate it again.”
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Windsor Castle, which was built in the 11th century and is the oldest castle in existence, is where Prince Harry and Meghan Markle got married in 2018.
The comet, also known as C / 2020 F3, was discovered on March 27 by NASA’s NEOWISE (Near-Earth Wide Field Infrared Reconnaissance Explorer) space telescope.
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The comet, which can be seen with the naked eye, has been visible since July 7, NASA said on its website. It has been a photographer’s dream, providing incredible images both on Earth and in space.
“In the middle of the month, the comet is visible at about 10 degrees above the northeast horizon (the width of its extended fist) in the hour before sunrise,” the space agency added. “From mid-July onward, it is best viewed as a night object, rising higher and higher above the northwest horizon.
“It takes about 6,800 years for the comet to go around its long, stretched orbit, so it will not visit the inner solar system again for many thousands of years,” the agency explained on its website.
NASA notes that the comet’s closest approach to Earth will be on July 22, at a distance of approximately 64 million miles.
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Fox News’ James Rogers contributed to this story.
