Stunning View of Comet NEOWISE Over Madrid As Space Station Streaks Past

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Comet NEOWISE ISS Madrid

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Credit: Javier Manteca

Skygazers throughout the Northern Hemisphere are being dealt with to spectacular views of comet NEOWISE as it spots previous Earth. Amateur astrophotographer Javier Manteca got a perk: the International Space Station and the comet are both seen transiting Madrid in this image recorded on July 11, 2020.

Taken at dawn, the photo is a structure of 17 stacked images exposed every 2.5 seconds to form the horizon.

Comet C/2020 F3 NEOWISE is called after NASA’s Near-Earth Object Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer objective that found it in March 2020. The comet finished its perihelion, or closest pass of the Sun, on 3 July and is headed revoke our Solar System, not to return for another 6800 years.

Comets are the icy residues from the development of the worlds 4.6 billion years back, triggering researchers to think about them as cosmic time pills. Comets have actually distinct tails triggered by dust grains being swept away from the comet’s nucleus.

The comet’s flyby of Earth is an uncommon chance to observe and gather information on these cosmic time pills. Many spacecraft have actually observed the comet, consisting of the ESA/NASA Solar and Heliospheric Observatory in addition to astronauts on board the International Space Station.

ESA’s comet chaser Rosetta tracked comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko for 2 years prior to landing the Philae probe on its surface area. The objective collected a wealth of information that will be studied for several years to come.

As comet NEOWISE zooms past Earth at a comfy (and safe) range of 103 million kilometers, stargazers can capture more views of the comet through July. Consult Earth and Sky or Astronomy Now for times and positions.