Comet Neowise dazzles as International Space Station spots it over Mediterranean sea

 International Station (ISS) on Tuesday captured a stunning im of newly discovered comet C/2020 F3 Neowise. Comet Neowise, third comet discovered in 2020, was pictured from station on July 5 as it orbited above Mediterranean Sea. ISS tweeted ims of bright comet captioning it as, "When you wish upon a falling star....'

Earlier on July 4, NASA astronaut Bob Behnken said that team has set camera at ISS to automatically take shots every few seconds during ir walk. During this, ir device mand to capture Neowise in all its glory more than 138 million miles from Earth. 

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Comet Neowise 

NEOWISE comet has been an intriguing site for several wanderers of sky. It was first discovered on March 27, 2020, using a NEOWISE (Near-Earth Object Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer) telescope. After its discovery, it was listed as C/2020 F3 which was located 312 million kilometres (194 million miles) from sun. 

At a very faint magnitude of +17, it is considered to be 25,000 times fainter than faintest star that can be glimpsed with naked eye. One can only see this comet using large telescopes. However, July marks change in expectations of many astromers as Comet C/2020 F3 NEOWISE might become a glowing object for skywatchers. This is  first time in this year that a comet has raised such hopes after two previous comets, ATLAS and SWAN, fizzled out earlier this year.

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