Celestial firework, catch the rare Neowise comet before it disappears for 6000 years

“Last nights fireworks,” is how astronaut Bob Behnken described the sight of Neowise, one of the brightest comets that graced our skies in more than a decade. Neowise was the third comet to be discovered this year. People in India and the rest of the northern hemisphere will be able to see this comet all through July. The comet is located nearly 200 million kilometers from Earth. 

The comet is visible to the naked eye. The image of the comet is getting shared widely on social media. 

“Through about the middle of the month, the comet is visible around 10 degrees above the northeastern horizon (the width of your outstretched fist) in the hour before dawn.

From mid-July on, it’s best viewed as an evening object, rising increasingly higher above the northwestern horizon,” NASA said on its website. 

The comet will be the closest to Earth on 22-23 July, passing just over 100 million kilometers from us. The comet will not be visible again for another 4,000 to 6,000 years.