Tuesday 14th July 2020 ... You can spot the comet after the sunset

Weather of Arabia The astronomical association in Jeddah confirmed in a statement that the comet Neways (C / 2020 F3) can be detected in the sky of the Arab world after moving from dawn to become visible in the evening sky after sunset, and this means that more people will see it unlike monitoring During the early hours of the morning .

When can comet Neways be seen after sunset?

The association explained that theoretically the first evening opportunity to see Comet Neways began after sunset on Sunday 12 July 2020, at a height of 5 degrees over the northern / northwest horizon 80 minutes after sunset, but by Tuesday 14 July the height of the comet will have doubled to 10 Steps will fall to the top right of the sunset, and by 19 July they will have doubled again to 20 degrees, by which time they will have moved to the northwest horizon .

Accordingly, it is expected that the best time to watch the comet Neways during the evening will be from 14 to 19 July .

Weather conditions are important for you to monitor a Newt Comet

The association also stated that seeing the comet needs the best possible weather conditions, even a bright comet such as Newise can be obliterated by the gentle horizon clouds, fog, moist air, smoke, or twilight glow, especially city lights, so the further away you are from city lighting, the darker the sky and the better visibility The culprit is preferred using binoculars .

You can know the weather conditions in your area during the coming nights through the Arab Weather website and application

Fortunately, the moon will not be present at the beginning of the night as it will only be seen in the morning sky until July 20, and during the following nights in July the comet will in theory become faded, but it will be far from the sun, and later it will be visible from the dark locations, and by a month August, the comet will only be seen through small telescopes .

Although the comet moves away from the sun and begins to fade, it is likely that this fade is slow at first, as it is now approaching the Earth. Where the comet will be at the closest distance from our planet ("perihelion") on Wednesday evening, July 22, where it will be at a distance of 103.5 million km, after which the comet will fade more quickly as it moves away from the Earth and the sun .

In general there are expectations that the apparent luminosity of comet Neways will be from the second destiny during the period from July 12 to July 17, after which it will become bright from the third pot from July 18 to July 22, but it must be remembered that the behavior of comets cannot be predicted .

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On the other hand, measurements indicate that the diameter of the comet's nucleus is five kilometers in diameter and there is a beautiful long curved tail of dust in a yellowish color seen through binoculars and small telescopes. Besides the dust tail there is an ionic tail of gases, and it is assumed that the dust tail can be seen easily in the dark sky and the closer the comet comes to The earth .

It is worth noting that Neways is considered the best appearance of a comet for atheists in the northern hemisphere after a period of nearly a quarter of a century since the comet (Hill-Pop) in 1997.

Following is a picture of the comet Neways, which was monitored at dawn on Friday 10 July 2020, by colleague Omar Dajani in the skies of the Jordanian capital, Amman