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                        Astronomy Picture of the Day

   [1]Discover the cosmos! Each day a different image or photograph of our
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                                2020 July 14
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                        Comet NEOWISE over Stonehenge
                  Image Credit & Copyright: [3]Declan Deval

   Explanation: Have you ever seen a comet? Tonight -- and likely the next
   few nights -- should be a [4]good chance. Go outside just at sunset and
   look to your northwest. The lower your horizon, the better.
   [5]Binoculars may help, but if your sky is cloudless and dark, all you
   should need is your unaided eyes and patience. As the Sun sets, the sky
   will darken, and there will be an unusual faint streak [6]pointing
   diagonally near the horizon. That is [7]Comet NEOWISE. It is a
   5-kilometer-wide [8]evaporating dirty iceberg visiting from -- and
   returning to -- the outer [9]Solar System. As the [10]Earth turns, the
   comet will soon set, so you might want to take a picture. In the
   [11]featured image, Comet [12]C/2020 F3 (NEOWISE) was captured two
   mornings ago rising over [13]Stonehenge in the [14]UK. Discovered with
   the NASA satellite [15]NEOWISE toward the end of March, Comet NEOWISE
   has [16]surprised many by surviving its closest approach to the Sun,
   brightening dramatically, and developing impressive (blue) ion and
   (white) dust tails.

    Notable Images of Comet NEOWISE Submitted to APOD: || [17]July 13 ||
           [18]July 12 || [19]July 11 || [20]July 10 & earlier ||
                      Tomorrow's picture: NEOWISE Night
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  13. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stonehenge
  14. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Kingdom
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  16. https://image.shutterstock.com/z/stock-photo-young-crazy-surprised-cat-make-big-eyes-closeup-american-shorthair-surprised-cat-or-kitten-funny-794782192.jpg
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