Astronomy Picture of the Day

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                                2020 July 17

                            NEOWISE of the North
                    Image Credit & Copyright: Bill Peters

   Explanation: After local midnight on July 14 comet NEOWISE was still
   above the horizon for Goldenrod, Alberta, Canada, just north of
   Calgary, planet Earth. In this snapshot it makes for an awesome night
   with dancing displays of the northern lights. The long-tailed comet and
   auroral displays are beautiful apparitions in the north these days.
   Both show the influence of spaceweather and the wind from the Sun.
   Skygazers have widely welcomed the visitor from the Oort cloud, though
   C/2020 F3 (NEOWISE) is in an orbit that is now taking it out of the
   inner Solar System.

   Comet NEOWISE Images: July 16 | July 15 | July 14 | July 13 | July 12 |
                         July 11 | July 10 & earlier
                      Tomorrow's picture: light-weekend
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