Astronomy Picture of the Day [1]Discover the cosmos! Each day a different image or photograph of our fascinating universe is featured, along with a brief explanation written by a professional astronomer. 2020 July 17 [2]See Explanation. Clicking on the picture will download the highest resolution version available. NEOWISE of the North Image Credit & [3]Copyright: [4]Bill Peters Explanation: After local midnight on July 14 comet NEOWISE was [5]still above the horizon for Goldenrod, Alberta, Canada, just north of Calgary, planet Earth. In this snapshot it makes for an awesome night with dancing displays of the northern lights. [6]The long-tailed comet and auroral displays are beautiful apparitions [7]in the north these days. Both show the influence of spaceweather and the wind [8]from the Sun. Skygazers have [9]widely welcomed the visitor from the Oort cloud, though [10]C/2020 F3 (NEOWISE) is in an orbit that is now taking it out of the inner Solar System. Comet NEOWISE Images: [11]July 16 | [12]July 15 | [13]July 14 | [14]July 13 | [15]July 12 | [16]July 11 | [17]July 10 & earlier Tomorrow's picture: light-weekend __________________________________________________________________ [18]< | [19]Archive | [20]Submissions | [21]Index | [22]Search | [23]Calendar | [24]RSS | [25]Education | [26]About APOD | [27]Discuss | [28]> __________________________________________________________________ Authors & editors: [29]Robert Nemiroff ([30]MTU) & [31]Jerry Bonnell ([32]UMCP) NASA Official: Phillip Newman [33]Specific rights apply. [34]NASA Web Privacy Policy and Important Notices A service of: [35]ASD at [36]NASA / [37]GSFC & [38]Michigan Tech. U. References 1. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/archivepix.html 2. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/image/2007/DSC1028_PetersNEOWISEAuroralSpike.jpg 3. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/lib/about_apod.html#srapply 4. mailto:%20bill%20[at]%20bill%20peters%20[dot]%20ca 5. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap200715.html 6. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap200716.html 7. https://www.nasa.gov/feature/how-to-see-comet-neowise 8. https://www.nasa.gov/feature/goddard/2020/nasa-s-parker-solar-probe-spies-newly-discovered-comet-neowise/ 9. https://skyandtelescope.org/astronomy-news/comet-neowise-dazzles-at-dusk/ 10. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C/2020_F3_(NEOWISE) 11. https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?vanity=APOD.Sky&set=a.2774271299343738 12. https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?vanity=APOD.Sky&set=a.2771109812993220 13. https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?vanity=APOD.Sky&set=a.2768509129919955 14. https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?vanity=APOD.Sky&set=a.2765647693539432 15. https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?vanity=APOD.Sky&set=a.2762832093820992 16. https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?vanity=APOD.Sky&set=a.2759891040781764 17. https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?vanity=APOD.Sky&set=a.2741239435980258 18. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap200716.html 19. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/archivepix.html 20. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/lib/apsubmit2015.html 21. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/lib/aptree.html 22. https://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/cgi-bin/apod/apod_search 23. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/calendar/allyears.html 24. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod.rss 25. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/lib/edlinks.html 26. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/lib/about_apod.html 27. http://asterisk.apod.com/discuss_apod.php?date=200717 28. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap200718.html 29. http://www.phy.mtu.edu/faculty/Nemiroff.html 30. http://www.phy.mtu.edu/ 31. https://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/htmltest/jbonnell/www/bonnell.html 32. http://www.astro.umd.edu/ 33. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/lib/about_apod.html#srapply 34. https://www.nasa.gov/about/highlights/HP_Privacy.html 35. https://astrophysics.gsfc.nasa.gov/ 36. https://www.nasa.gov/ 37. https://www.nasa.gov/centers/goddard/ 38. http://www.mtu.edu/