All with upturned noses, with telescope and few lights. A few more days in Italy for see la comet “Neowise”. For some days, in fact, it has been visible in the skies of our peninsula. She soon became a real “diva” of the web, the evocative images captured by those who managed to immortalize her in these hot summer nights follow one another. But do you know when it was discovered, what its origin is and especially when we could still admire it? We tell you.
Comet Neowise is the brightest in recent years
There will still be a few days to be able to admire it in our skies. In fact, according to what scholars have explained, the comet Neowise will still be visible for a few days. In August its trajectory should change and for this reason it will not be visible to the naked eye. Considered the brightest in recent years, it will disappear from our sight. In fact it will continue its path, its journey, towards the work solar external and then towards the Oort Cloud, the spherical cloud of comets that orbit at an enormous distance from the Sun.
The most beautiful photos of the comet Neowise spread on social networks
Comet Neowise was photographed in all its glory. Brilliant and visible to the naked eye, has become the undisputed star of social media, the most "paparazzi". From the fields to the countryside, between mountains, castles, monuments. To spot her many enthusiasts in the skies of Monte Argentario, but also Vicenza, Valle d'Aosta, Belluno, Grosseto, Siena, Rome, Palermo, Mantua, Ancona. And still other images from Cuneo, Brescia, Turin, Viterbo, Avellino, Genoa, Livorno.
The origin of the comet and its discovery
Although it has only been a few weeks since the comet Neowise can be seen in the skies Italians, was discovered in March. The NASA Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (Wise) telescope sighted it. Known to scholars as "C / 2020 F3" it had a very complex path. In fact, on 3 July it managed to survive the perihelion, that is the point of its orbit closest to the Sun. It often happens that comets can risk fragmentation. And then in the skies sighted from 23 July. The comet has reached its minimum distance from our planet, 104 million km to be exact. For a period sighted from night until dawn.
Images from Space
Not only astronomy enthusiasts on earth, but also the images of comet Neowise taken from space are spectacular. Photographed passing through the Mediterranean, between Tunisia and Italy. And then the NASA Parker Solar Probe captured it close to the perihelion. The double tail could be admired, that of dust grains and that of gas ionized by sunlight.
How to see the comet
So why not take advantage of these last few days to look for it in the skies and photograph it? Astronomy enthusiasts recommend getting away from the city lights. With binoculars and spotting scopes, or small telescopes, and a little luck you will be able to see. At sunset, just look under the constellation of the Big Dipper, towards the north-west. Otherwise it will be enough to wait over 6 years. A little too much. So hurry up.
