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Star Struck - "We have a comet!"

Star Struck - "We have a comet!"

(Tribune)

For the first time in a long time, we have a bright comet. It is called C/2020 F3 (NEOWISE). It is between the constellations Auriga and Gemini. The sun is in Gemini and the comet’s location makes it visible in the mornings. It rises at 5:20 a.m. (sun at 6:24 a.m.), so we only have it in the sky for about an hour. It is currently magnitude 2.0, the same as Polaris, the North Star.

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