ż 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 20 [2]See Explanation. Clicking on the picture will download the highest resolution version available. Comet NEOWISE and Nebulae Image Credit & Copyright: [3]Jarek Oszywa Explanation: Would you brave wild animals to photograph this sky? One astrophotographer did -- and we all get to reap the rewards. First, thousands of stars were visible with many of the brightest impressively blue. Next, several red-glowing nebulae were discernible, including the [4]California Nebula on the far right, and, above it, the [5]Heart and Soul nebulae. But the real reason to brave the local wildlife was [6]Comet NEOWISE, visible on the left. In the [7]featured long-duration composite taken last week, [8]Comet NEOWISE's blue-glowing [9]ion tail points straight up, away from the rising [10]Sun, while the Sun-reflecting [11]dust tail trails off toward the right. The picture combines three exposures taken consecutively over 10 minutes from the same location near [12]Miedzygórze, [13]Poland. A moonlit dirt road shows the path ahead, while the [14]Snieznik Mountains is visible on the horizon. [15]Comet C/2020 F3 (NEOWISE) passes its closest to the Earth next week, after which the 5-km wide, evaporating, [16]icy dirtball will fade as it [17]glides back to the outer Solar System. Notable Images of Comet NEOWISE Submitted to APOD: July || 19 || [18]18 || [19]17 || [20]16 || [21]15 || [22]14 || [23]13 || [24]12 || [25]11 || [26]10 & earlier || Tomorrow's picture: not NEOWISE __________________________________________________________________ [27]< | [28]Archive | [29]Submissions | [30]Index | [31]Search | [32]Calendar | [33]RSS | [34]Education | [35]About APOD | [36]Discuss | [37]> __________________________________________________________________ Authors & editors: [38]Robert Nemiroff ([39]MTU) & [40]Jerry Bonnell ([41]UMCP) NASA Official: Phillip Newman [42]Specific rights apply. [43]NASA Web Privacy Policy and Important Notices A service of: [44]ASD at [45]NASA / [46]GSFC & [47]Michigan Tech. U. References 1. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/archivepix.html 2. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/image/2007/NeowiseNebs_Oszywa_3000.jpg 3. http://astro-fotografia.eu/ 4. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap190823.html 5. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap180823.html 6. https://www.nasa.gov/feature/how-to-see-comet-neowise/ 7. http://astro-fotografia.eu/2020/07/15/kometa-c-2020-f3-neowise-2/ 8. https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/whats-up-skywatching-tips-from-nasa/ 9. https://astronomy.swin.edu.au/cosmos/c/Cometary+Gas+Tail 10. https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/solar-system/sun/overview/ 11. https://astronomy.swin.edu.au/cosmos/C/cometary+dust+tail 12. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gVPQZZL5Uv8 13. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poland 14. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C5%9Anie%C5%BCnik_Mountains 15. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C/2020_F3_(NEOWISE) 16. https://www.astrobio.net/meteoritescomets-and-asteroids/icy-dirtballs-not-dirty-snowballs/ 17. https://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/sbdb.cgi?sstr=C%2F2020%20F3;old=0;orb=1;cov=0;log=0;cad=0 18. https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?vanity=APOD.Sky&set=a.2780194295418105 19. https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?vanity=APOD.Sky&set=a.2777399215697613 20. https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?vanity=APOD.Sky&set=a.2774271299343738 21. https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?vanity=APOD.Sky&set=a.2771109812993220 22. https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?vanity=APOD.Sky&set=a.2768509129919955 23. https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?vanity=APOD.Sky&set=a.2765647693539432 24. https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?vanity=APOD.Sky&set=a.2762832093820992 25. https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?vanity=APOD.Sky&set=a.2759891040781764 26. https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?vanity=APOD.Sky&set=a.2741239435980258 27. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap200719.html 28. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/archivepix.html 29. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/lib/apsubmit2015.html 30. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/lib/aptree.html 31. https://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/cgi-bin/apod/apod_search 32. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/calendar/allyears.html 33. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod.rss 34. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/lib/edlinks.html 35. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/lib/about_apod.html 36. http://asterisk.apod.com/discuss_apod.php?date=200720 37. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap200721.html 38. http://www.phy.mtu.edu/faculty/Nemiroff.html 39. http://www.phy.mtu.edu/ 40. https://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/htmltest/jbonnell/www/bonnell.html 41. http://www.astro.umd.edu/ 42. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/lib/about_apod.html#srapply 43. https://www.nasa.gov/about/highlights/HP_Privacy.html 44. https://astrophysics.gsfc.nasa.gov/ 45. https://www.nasa.gov/ 46. https://www.nasa.gov/centers/goddard/ 47. http://www.mtu.edu/