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Good News: Today, July 18, 2020

GOOD NEWS: "Comet Neowise" will cross Japan, Philippines and other countries in the Northern Hemisphere today until July 23, will not be coming back after 6,800 years

An amazing comet that thrilled early-morning stargazers earlier this month is now visible in the evening sky, and it's a sight you won't want to miss. After all, this comet won't be back for 6,800 years, NASA says. According to the agency, Comet Neowise can only be seen after sunset from countries in the Northern Hemisphere.

Comet Neowise is VISIBLE in the naked-eye that will look like a fuzzy star with a bit of a tail as seen on the image above. The best time to gaze the comet is 45 minutes after sunset and will last before sunrise. Refer to your country's daily sunset and sunrise forecast. (See image on the comment for viewing perspective per day.) The comet can be seen on the northwest sky under the Big Dipper star pattern, a part of the Ursa Major constellation.

"If you're in the Northern Hemisphere, you can see it," said Joe Masiero, deputy principal investigator of NEOWISE, the NASA space telescope that discovered the comet, in a NASA Science Live webcast Wednesday (July 15). "As the next couple of days progress, it will get higher in the evening sky, so you're going to want to look northwest right under the Big Dipper.", via Space - Future US Inc.

The comet will be visible from Earth starting today until July 23 but its tail will fade day by day as it gets farther away from the sun.

Reference: NASA
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