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 18 [2]See Explanation. Clicking on the picture will download the highest resolution version available. Finding NEOWISE Image Credit & [3]Copyright: [4]Tom Masterson Explanation: If you can see the stars of [5]the Big Dipper, you can find comet NEOWISE in your evening sky tonight. After sunset look for the naked-eye comet below the bowl of the famous celestial kitchen utensil of the north and above your northwestern horizon. You're looking for a fuzzy 'star' with a tail, though probably not so long a tail as in this [6]clear sky snapshot taken from Los Padres National Forest in California on the evening of July 16. Recent photographs of C/2020 F3 (NEOWISE) often show this comet's broad dust tail and fainter but separate ion tail extending [7]farther than the eye can follow. Skygazers around the world have been [8]delighted to find NEOWISE, surprise visitor from the outer Solar System. Comet NEOWISE Images: [9]July 17 | [10]July 16 | [11]July 15 | [12]July 14 | [13]July 13 | [14]July 12 | [15]July 11 | [16]July 10 & earlier Tomorrow's picture: our rotating moon __________________________________________________________________ [17]< | [18]Archive | [19]Submissions | [20]Index | [21]Search | [22]Calendar | [23]RSS | [24]Education | [25]About APOD | [26]Discuss | [27]> __________________________________________________________________ Authors & editors: [28]Robert Nemiroff ([29]MTU) & [30]Jerry Bonnell ([31]UMCP) NASA Official: Phillip Newman [32]Specific rights apply. [33]NASA Web Privacy Policy and Important Notices A service of: [34]ASD at [35]NASA / [36]GSFC & [37]Michigan Tech. U. References 1. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/archivepix.html 2. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/image/2007/NEOWISEBelowBigDipper-7-16-2020-TomMasterson.jpg 3. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/lib/about_apod.html#srapply 4. http://www.transientastronomer.com/ 5. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap190815.html 6. https://www.flickr.com/photos/transientastro/50122398452/in/photostream/ 7. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap200716.html 8. https://www.nasa.gov/feature/how-to-see-comet-neowise 9. https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?vanity=APOD.Sky&set=a.2777399215697613 10. https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?vanity=APOD.Sky&set=a.2774271299343738 11. https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?vanity=APOD.Sky&set=a.2771109812993220 12. https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?vanity=APOD.Sky&set=a.2768509129919955 13. https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?vanity=APOD.Sky&set=a.2765647693539432 14. https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?vanity=APOD.Sky&set=a.2762832093820992 15. https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?vanity=APOD.Sky&set=a.2759891040781764 16. https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?vanity=APOD.Sky&set=a.2741239435980258 17. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap200717.html 18. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/archivepix.html 19. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/lib/apsubmit2015.html 20. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/lib/aptree.html 21. https://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/cgi-bin/apod/apod_search 22. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/calendar/allyears.html 23. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod.rss 24. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/lib/edlinks.html 25. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/lib/about_apod.html 26. http://asterisk.apod.com/discuss_apod.php?date=200718 27. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap200719.html 28. http://www.phy.mtu.edu/faculty/Nemiroff.html 29. http://www.phy.mtu.edu/ 30. https://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/htmltest/jbonnell/www/bonnell.html 31. http://www.astro.umd.edu/ 32. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/lib/about_apod.html#srapply 33. https://www.nasa.gov/about/highlights/HP_Privacy.html 34. https://astrophysics.gsfc.nasa.gov/ 35. https://www.nasa.gov/ 36. https://www.nasa.gov/centers/goddard/ 37. http://www.mtu.edu/