Published 18:53 IST, July 28th 2020
NEOWISE July 28 Location: Where to spot the bright comet tonight? Find out
Bright Comet NEOWISE is on its journey out of the solar system & will soon disappear into the dark depths of space. Here is how you can spot the comet tonight.
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Comet NEOWISE has been dazzling Earth's sky since it first began appearing from July 14. Stargazers, Astronomers, Astrophsycisits, Astronomy lovers and Photographers have been incessantly pursuing the course of the comet since its appearance, to be able to spot the celestial light show with naked eyes and also capture it with their cameras. After making its closest approach to the Sun which in scientific terms if called perihelion on July 3, NEOWISE approached towards Earth to put on a breathtaking show every night and in early morning hours. Find out, Comet NEOWISE July 28 Location.
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NEOWISE July 28 Location: How to find NEOWISE tonight?
For spotting the naked-eye comet at its very best, a stargazer, will need to get up early or stay up late. NASA reports have claimed that in late July NEOWISE will most visible around 80 minutes before sunrise. However, if the sky is clear a stargazer will be able to see it all night.
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To spot NEOWISE, a skywatcher needs to search for the Big Dipper, also known as The Plough, in the Northern Hemisphere’s sky. Moreover, looking eastwards from an area with low light pollution, on a clear night will increase a stargazers chances of viewing the fading naked-eye comet. According to the reports of a space portal, NEOWISE will be below The Plough and about 10 degrees above the horizon.
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Comet NEOWISE Location: Technique to spot NEOWISE
A popular space portal has suggested to skywatchers who are excited to spot the comet that they should clench their fist held at arm’s length, 10 degrees in width. Hence, in this manner, Comet NEOWISE can be spotted about ‘one fist’ up from the north-east horizon. As the icy comet is on its outbound journey from our solar system, it is getting further away from Earth and soon stargazers will need binoculars to be able to spot it. The bright space rock will be ending its journey as a 'visible to naked eye' comet in early August.
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However, every astronomy lover who is planning to go comet hunting tonight must remember that the bright deep-space visitor’s brightness has slightly reduced. This is because Comet NEOWISE is on its outbound journey from our solar system. Given that it is travelling out of the solar system, it implies that the outer space visitors are moving away from the Sun as well. Hence it’s brightness appears to be dwindling each night. This week is every stargazer last opportunity to view the celestial phenomenon. The opportunity to see a comet with naked eyes arrived almost a quarter of a century later with NEOWISE. The last bright comet was Hale-Bopp which had flown by Earth in 1997.
18:52 IST, July 28th 2020