Comet NEOWISE Just Experienced a Sharp Increase in Brightness — It Could Be the Best Comet in Decades
nemesis maturity THE RAPID BRIGHTENING OF COMET NEOWISE: Comet NEOWISE (C/2020 F3) is passing by the sun this week–and it’s looking good. The comet just experienced a sharp increase in brightness recorded by coronagraphs onboard the Solar and Heliospheric Observatory (SOHO). “During the transit, Comet NEOWISE increased in brightness from magnitude +4 to +1.8–an almost …
