July nights have a special surprise in store for astronomy enthusiasts: Comet C/2020 F3 Neowise which, this month, is becoming more and more luminous to the point of being visible to the naked eye and photographable. The comet was observed for the first time on March 25 from the Neowise Space Telescope. It originated in the Oort Cloud, on the edge of the Solar System and, according to experts, is the brightest comet in recent years. On July 3, it passed only 44 million kilometres from the Sun and is now approaching the Earth. The closest approach to our planet, between 22 and 23 July, will be 104 million kilometres away from us.
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