A new comet will be visible for early risers as it races closer to Earth

Early risers in the northern hemisphere will be treated to a view of a recently identified comet, which has suddenly become visible to the unaided eye, as it hurdles towards Earth.

Comet NEOWISE – technically called C/2020 F3 (NEOWISE) – was first discovered on March 27 by the Near Earth Object Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (NEOWISE) space telescope launched by NASA in 2009.

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17 comments

  1. Is this real comet? I Reading about this and search and then this news .. coincidence 😛

    1. Yes, the only place it isn’t visible is in Northern Alaska. I live in Florida and it can be seen about an hour before sunrise when looking in the northeastern sky. Not sure if that will help you, but hope you can configure from there. Thanks and Cheers. ❤

  2. That’s interesting, but most importantly, what timezone?… I’m surprised that wasn’t asked. I’m in the EST region. I didn’t learn anything else from this interview other than there’s a visible comet, at a specific time.

    1. Eastern standard time, NEOwise can be seen about one hour before sunrise when looking in the northeastern sky. It should def be seen with the naked eye until about mid-July. Many testimonies state the tail is about twice the size of the moon, and many others are saying they didn’t need binoculars or even glasses. After a few days, the time will change to around sunset (about an hour before or after, I can’t remember which, I’m sorry) and as it gets closer to those days, you will need to check the position because it will have changed from where it is now. Also, only place it shouldn’t be visible would be Northern Alaska.

      Cheers.

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