The International Astronomy Center announced that during the current period, the sky is witnessing the appearance of a bright comet that can be seen with the naked eye, called "C / 2020 F3 Neowise", and it can be seen from within the state in this period in the east before sunrise, and for its shine now what Between the first and second pots, which allows it to be seen even from within the cities, indicating that this comet revolves around the sun, one cycle every 6 thousand and 800 years.

The director of the center said: Engineer Mohamed Shawkat Odeh: "The comet is now located at the highest elevation of the eastern horizon, and with the passage of days it will approach the eastern horizon and its height from the horizon becomes less at dawn, so its vision before sunrise becomes difficult with the middle of the current month, but it will move then and its vision will become It is possible in the northwestern side after sunset, and the comet will increase day after day over the western horizon, to reach the highest height in the first third of the month of August. " Possible, noting that comet brightness cannot be predicted with precision, the comet's brightness may increase more suddenly or may drastically diminish expectations.

Odeh added: "This comet revolves around the sun one cycle every 6,800 years. It reached the closest point to the sun on July 03 and was then at a distance of 43 million km from it, and it will reach the closest point to the earth on July 23 and then fall at a distance of 103 million km. From Earth, the comet was discovered on March 27, 2020 by a 0.4-meter NASA space telescope called "WIS".

He continued: "This comet can be seen tomorrow morning" Friday, July 10 "2020, from the middle of the Arabian Peninsula, where the comet will rise one and a half hours before sunrise, and therefore there is a short time during which the comet can be seen which is between rising a little from the horizon and before it gets more intense. Illumination of the sky, and it may be from 50 to 60 minutes before sunrise is the most appropriate time for that "advising to look at the sky at that time and first search for Venus, which is a bright white object over the eastern horizon, and move left by 30 degrees to reach a bright orange star, called Obstacles, and then looking down towards the horizon by two thirds of the distance to the horizon, then the comet will be observed, provided that the observation takes place from the exposed location of the eastern horizon, and that the sky is clear without dust and air pollutants.

Odeh pointed out that seeing the comet will be easier from the desert away from lighting the cities, but that it is difficult to see from within a few and medium-lighting cities, in the event that the observer knew the exact location of the comet and the sky was clear, pointing out that using the binoculars would make the task easier.

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