Comet Neowise

[Tom B]

Brightest comet since Hale-Bopp, apparently. I just discovered its existence. Has anyone seen it yet?

[benborp]

Yes, very clear in the NNW evening sky now. Extremely clear skies here have been helpful as it is quite low.

Had a very good night for seeing recently and it was good through binoculars, though more impressive with the naked eye. A very large sweep of the tail is apparent when not looking directly at it.

[Guy]

For the past week or so every night has been cloudy.

So no. I haven't seen it yet.

I dare say the skies will clear once the comet's gone 

[Jaded]

Some photos here

https://yacf.co.uk/forum/index.php?topic=116224.msg2516835#msg2516835

[Mr Larrington]

Is it just me or does "Neowise" sound like:

• an off-the-shelf company name invented by a primitive piece of software, and/or
• a right-wing think tank

[hellymedic]

I think the name is a committee fabricated acronym thing;
Near
Earth
Object
<don't know the rest>

[quixoticgeek]

There was once a project from NASA called Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE). NASA extended WISE and it became NEOWISE. NEOWISE found this comet. It actually found 20 of them.

And yes, NEO is Near-Earth Object WISE (NEOWISE)

Not New Engine Option... as it is used in some other fields...

J