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English: Comet NEOWISE — technically known as C/2020 F3 (NEOWISE) — is visible in this spectacular image of the pre-dawn sky to the right (East) of the Gemini North telescope on Maunakea in Hawai‘i, one of the pair of telescopes of the international Gemini Observatory, a Program of NSF’s NOIRLab. The image was taken Sunday 12 July 2020.
Date 16 July 2020, 08:56:00 (upload date)
Source Comet NEOWISE Over Gemini North
Author International Gemini Observatory/NOIRLab/NSF/AURA/J. Chu
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