A Heavenly Visitor
by Jason Chu
Title
A Heavenly Visitor
Artist
Jason Chu
Medium
Photograph
Description
A panorama of Comet C/2020 F3 NEOWISE setting in the evening skies over the Mauna Kea Observatories. From right to left is Gemini Observatory, Canada France Hawaii Telescope, NASA Infrared Telescope Facility, the twin W. M. Keck Observatory, and Subaru Observatory. In the lower left the James Clerk Maxwell Telescope can be seen lit up. The bright glow of city lights from Honolulu can be seen over the horizon behind Keck. Part of our Milky Way Galaxy can be seen on the right behind Gemini, while the bright diffuse glow of the zodical light can be seen on the left side.
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September 4th, 2020
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