Published 20:18 IST, July 31st 2020

Neowise July 31 location: Here are simple tips to spot the comet tonight, find out

Comet NEOWISE is close to the end of its journey. This comet as it will soon travel farther away from the sun. Find out how to find NEOWISE tonight.

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Comet NEOWISE is on its outbound journey from solar system, and will soon disappear into cold and dark depths of . However, re’s still a little bit of time to catch a glimpse of this newly discovered celestial rock, as it blazes across night sky and teases astromy lovers and astromers each night. NASA reports suggest newly discovered NEOWISE has a nucleus which is about 3 miles in diameter and is composed of dust, rock and frozen gases. NASA Reports also claim that NEOWISE is 4.6 billion years old although its a recent discovery for us. Re on to find out NEOWISE July 31 Location.

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NEOWISE July 31 Location: How to find NEOWISE tonight?

Step 1: Kw Comet NEOWISE location

Comet NEOWISE is right on cusp of naked-eye visibility. comet hunters who haven’t seen it yet are clearly late to party. But all is t lost as NEOWISE is still visible under constellation of Coma Berenices. It can be spotted by looking rth-rthwest horizon as soon as it gets dark.

trick is to find search for Big Dipper constellation. It is an easily recognisable shape of a lle consisting of seven bright stars. n comet hunter can trace a diagonal line down from se stars to western horizon. And about halfway down that line is approximate location of Comet NEOWISE this weekend.

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Step 2: Kw Comet NEOWISE Time

Comet Hunters eir need to stay up late or rise extremely early to catch last glimpses of Comet. NASA reports suggest that NEOWISE will constantly be visible after midnight. It will first appear 90 minutes after sunset. However, comet is expected to shift its course towards rastern night sky as dawn approaches.

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Step 3: Get away from all city lights

Light pollution is a big challenge for comet-hunters. City lights lower contrast between comet and darkness, which makes this fing rock stand-out far less than it should. This clearly suggests that a comet hunter will most, certainly won’t w be able to find Comet NEOWISE with unaided eye inside city limits. So getting oneself to a decently dark location with a clear view to rth-west is stargazers best chance to catch icy comet.

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Step 4: Use averted vision technique

Many science portals suggest that human eye’s peripheral vision is most sensitive to brightness, while centre of eye is more sensitive to colour. Hence, while observing comet through biculars, a comet hunter can apply this trick and look slightly to left or right of it, and it's tail. Soon ir peripheral vision will better detect NEOWISE’s brightness. This technique is called “averted vision.”

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20:17 IST, July 31st 2020