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                           Astronomy Picture of the Day   
      
       Discover the cosmos! Each day a different image or photograph of our   
         fascinating universe is featured, along with a brief explanation   
                       written by a professional astronomer.   
      
                                   2022 July 26   
      
                    Comet NEOWISE Rising over the Adriatic Sea   
                      Video Credit & Copyright: Paolo Girotti   
      
      Explanation: This sight was worth getting out of bed early. Two years   
      ago this month, Comet C/2020 F3 (NEOWISE) rose before dawn to the   
      delight of 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 visible to the unaided eye this century,   
      an inner-Solar System intruder that has become known as the Great Comet   
      of 2020. The resulting video detailed Comet NEOWISE from Italy rising   
      over the Adriatic Sea. The time-lapse video combines over 240 images   
      taken over 30 minutes. The comet was seen rising through a foreground   
      of bright and undulating noctilucent clouds, and before a background of   
      distant stars. Comet NEOWISE remained unexpectedly bright until 2020   
      August, with its ion and dust tails found to emanate from a nucleus   
      spanning about five kilometers across.   
      
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