Comet C/2020F3 (NEOWISE) on 18.07.2020 |
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C/2020 F3 (NEOWISE) is a retrograde comet with a near-parabolic orbit. It was discovered on March 27, 2020 by the NEOWISE space telescope. It passed perihelion at 0.29 AU (43 million km) from the Sun on July 3, 2020. When the comet entered the field of view of SOHO LASCO C3 on 22 June 2020 the comet had brightened to magnitude 3.This image was taken on the evening of July 18th. 2020 at 22.45 LT (19:45 UT) from Susam (Haskovo region, Bulgaria) .
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Copyright: Velimir Popov and Emil Ivanov 2020. All Rights Reserved | ||||||||||||||||||
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