{"id":623139,"date":"2026-09-13T06:24:21","date_gmt":"2026-09-13T06:24:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/623139\/"},"modified":"2026-09-13T06:24:21","modified_gmt":"2026-09-13T06:24:21","slug":"apod-2026-september-13-comet-neowise-rising-over-the-adriatic-sea","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/623139\/","title":{"rendered":"APOD: 2026 September 13 – Comet NEOWISE Rising over the Adriatic Sea"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tExplanation:\u00a0This sight was worth getting out of bed early. Just over four years ago,\u00a0Comet C\/2020 F3 (NEOWISE)<\/a>\u00a0rose before dawn to the\u00a0delight<\/a>\u00a0of northern sky enthusiasts awake that early. Up before sunrise on July 8th, the featured photographer was able to capture in dramatic fashion one of the few comets\u00a0visible<\/a>\u00a0to the unaided eye this century, an inner-Solar System<\/a>\u00a0intruder that has become known as the\u00a0Great Comet<\/a>\u00a0of 2020. The\u00a0resulting video<\/a>\u00a0detailed Comet NEOWISE from\u00a0Italy<\/a>\u00a0rising over the\u00a0Adriatic Sea<\/a>. The\u00a0featured time-lapse video<\/a>\u00a0combines over 240 images taken over 30 minutes.\u00a0The comet<\/a>\u00a0was seen rising through a foreground of bright and undulating\u00a0noctilucent clouds<\/a>, and before a background of distant stars.\u00a0Comet NEOWISE<\/a>\u00a0remained unexpectedly bright for over a month, with its\u00a0ion and dust<\/a>\u00a0tails\u00a0found to emanate<\/a>\u00a0from a\u00a0nucleus<\/a>\u00a0spanning about five kilometers across.<\/p>\n

APOD’s main NASA site is\u00a0moving<\/a>:\u00a0From\u00a0apod.nasa.gov<\/a>\u00a0to\u00a0science.nasa.gov\/apod<\/a>
Tomorrow’s picture:\u00a0open space\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n

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