Comet C/2020 F3 Neowise

A long period and brightest comet in the northern hemisphere since 1997

Comet C/2020 F3 Neowise

C/2020 F3 (NEOWISE) or Comet NEOWISE is a long period comet with a near-parabolic orbit discovered on March 27, 2020, by astronomers during the NEOWISE mission of the Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE) space telescope.

NEOWISE is known for being the brightest comet in the northern hemisphere since Comet Hale–Bopp in 1997.

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