Comet Neowise is visible in the sky of the Northern Hemisphere, but we must act quickly. It will disappear from our field of vision in a few days …
Visible to the naked eye
It looks like a star, it is not necessarily the brightest point in the sky, but it is followed by a brilliant plume which gives it a fairly large dimension. “A kind of ponytail that follows the fixed point“, explains Willy Berlier, scientific mediator at the Saint-Etienne Planetarium.
You still have to succeed in finding it and know how to observe it. Obviously, it is best to avoid cities and light pollution. “And above all, we must act quickly, specifies Willy Berlier, the comet can still be seen with the naked eye, but the luminosity is decreasing and we cannot say if it will still be visible in a few days“.
Now or in … 6,800 years!
If you want to try to find her, aim for the North West, “with binoculars, it’s easier. You have to focus on the chariot of the Big Dipper and look a little below. The comet is halfway between the chariot and the horizon line. From 11 p.m. or 11:30 p.m., with a pitch black night and weather permitting, you should be able to distinguish it“, concludes the scientific mediator.
And as much to specify that it is now or never. Because the next time that comet Neowise comes back to see us it will be… in 6,800 years!
