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A faint comet in the twilight dawn sky over New York City's glittering skyline.
View at EarthSky Community Photos. | In early July 2020, people are getting amazing shots of comet C/2020 F3 (NEOWISE). It’s not a great comet, but it’s a pretty good one! Alexander Krivenyshev in Guttenberg, New Jersey – of the website WorldTimeZone.com – wrote: “Despite a layer of clouds on the horizon, I was able to capture my first comet over New York City on the early morning of July 6, 2020.” Cool shot, Alexander! Thank you. Here’s how to see Comet NEOWISE.

We’re now treated to a near-constant barrage of wonderful comet photos – including those coming in this week of comet C/2020 F3 (NEOWISE). Most are from experienced astrophotographers, most with excellent skies, employing telescopes and modern cameras and sometimes later creating composites of several images. We now sometimes see comet images from the International Space Station, too. Meanwhile, from the ground and with the eye alone? Yes, NEOWISE is a nice comet. But most will need binoculars to see it. The last two great comets – which were McNaught in 2007 and

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