Stefan Frylebäck is an amateur astronomer who, like many others, observes and photographs unusual celestial phenomena, such as lunar eclipse and northern lights, and now the newly discovered comet. It was discovered as late as March 27 this year by one of NASA's telescopes. The formal name is C / 2020 F3 but is called Neowise after the space telescope that first saw it. The comet is so fresh that you still don't know much about it.

- It has not been possible to calculate the orbit yet. You have to follow it longer before calculating its trajectory, says Frylebäck.

The problem with seeing the comet is that it is a little too bright in Sweden.

- You can take care of around one at night when it is dark. As soon as the sun comes too close to the horizon, the sky becomes so bright you can't see it.

Stefan Frylebäck has experience that the comet is difficult to find. The comet can be seen from all over the northern hemisphere, but it can hardly be seen with the naked eye at our latitudes, so you need a good camera or binoculars to find it. Further down on the continent you can possibly see Neowise if you have good eyesight. It is also difficult to say how much longer the comet will be visible.

- In the end it comes so far from the sun that the tail will go out, but it goes gradually. But for just over a week, it should be possible to see if the conditions are right, says Stefan Frylebäck.

In the clip below you see another comet, Borisov, which was the first comet from another solar system that greeted us. It passed the sun on December 8 last year. Start the clip to see more.

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