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walter Interfector Viris Spurii Offline Slinging Rocks! Posts: 2453	neowise Jul 18^th, 2020 at 12:05am anyone seen it?
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Rat Man Slinging.org Administrator Offline Slinging Rocks! Posts: 13682 New Jersey, USA Gender:	Re: neowise Reply #1 - Jul 18^th, 2020 at 2:20pm This is the first I heard of it. I'll have to try to catch a glimpse. The last comet I saw was Hale-Bopp in 1995. That was a spectacular sight. You could look up with no telescope and clearly see a beautiful double tailed comet.
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walter Interfector Viris Spurii Offline Slinging Rocks! Posts: 2453	Re: neowise Reply #2 - Jul 18^th, 2020 at 3:23pm This one is supposed to make an appearance every 64,000 years. Saw it last night
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vetryan15 Slinging.org Moderator Offline Slinging Rocks! Posts: 1913 Northern Maine Gender:	Re: neowise Reply #3 - Jul 18^th, 2020 at 4:55pm I am gonna be attempting to view tonight, but its hard due to still bei g light out at 9pm, and i usually fall asleep before that due to my insomnia Is that a pic that U took?
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walter Interfector Viris Spurii Offline Slinging Rocks! Posts: 2453	Re: neowise Reply #4 - Jul 18^th, 2020 at 7:16pm Not my pic. I am usually asleep by nine pm, but wanted to see this. It appeared about five minutes after I could see the big dipper and north star.
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vetryan15 Slinging.org Moderator Offline Slinging Rocks! Posts: 1913 Northern Maine Gender:	Re: neowise Reply #5 - Jul 18^th, 2020 at 7:18pm I have a nice view of the big dipper, i been reading about it for a week now. I believe i might not see it next time.
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walter Interfector Viris Spurii Offline Slinging Rocks! Posts: 2453	Re: neowise Reply #6 - Jul 18^th, 2020 at 8:27pm vetryan15 wrote on Jul 18^th, 2020 at 7:18pm: I have a nice view of the big dipper, i been reading about it for a week now. I believe i might not see it next time. Why I want to see it twice
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slingbadger Interfector Viris Spurii Offline Don't Badger a Badger Posts: 3220 Akron NY Gender:	Re: neowise Reply #7 - Jul 19^th, 2020 at 6:22am I'll be spending some time in the Adirondack Mts. since I can't fly anywhere right now It should be more visible there.
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vetryan15 Slinging.org Moderator Offline Slinging Rocks! Posts: 1913 Northern Maine Gender:	Re: neowise Reply #8 - Jul 19^th, 2020 at 7:12am I actually stayed up last night to see, but my luck it was partly cloudy, and i onky saw 4 stars. Maybe tonight i will try again
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Re: neowise
Reply #9 - Jul 19^th, 2020 at 11:24am

So looked it up, and apparently it's called neowise after the thing that discovered it:
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Discovered on March 27, 2020 by NASA's Near-Earth Object Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (NEOWISE ...

I'll have to have a look

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Then again, maybe not lol
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How can I see Comet Neowise?

You will need to get up early (or stay up late) – in mid-July Neowise is most visible around 80 minutes before sunrise, so shortly after 3.30am.

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vetryan15 Slinging.org Moderator Offline Slinging Rocks! Posts: 1913 Northern Maine Gender:	Re: neowise Reply #10 - Jul 20^th, 2020 at 6:47pm I am usually up around then, but i should have better luck at night
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