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Astronomy aficionados are buzzing about a bright new comet. The ball of dust and ice is formally named C/2023 P1, but is also called Comet Nishimura, for Hideo Nishimura, the Japanese photographer who first spotted it. How was the comet discovered? Mr. Nishimura captured the comet on Aug. 12 while imaging the sky before sunrise with a digital camera — the third comet he has discovered. That’s exactly how scientists discovered Comet NEOWISE in 2021, which was named for the NASA space telescope that detected it, the Near-Earth Object Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer.
Persons: Comet Nishimura, Hideo Nishimura, Nishimura, Vishnu Reddy, ” Dr, Reddy, Comet NEOWISE Organizations: Central Bureau, University of Arizona, NASA, Survey
Comet Nishimura appears in the night sky through September 13, before skimming past the sun. Here's how, where, and when to spot Comet Nishimura before it might burn up and disappear forever. Advertisement Advertisement Watch: How NASA spent $10 billion on the James Webb telescopeAfter passing our planet, Comet Nishimura will continue careening toward the sun — and possibly its own destruction. How, when, and where to spot Comet NishimuraA photographer attempts to capture the comet Neowise from Trwyn Du Lighthouse, Anglesey, Wales. Carl Recine/ReutersFor now, Comet Nishimura is only visible in the Northern Hemisphere.
Persons: Comet Nishimura, Nishimura, James Webb, it's, Carl Recine, Dan Bartlett, Bartlett, Leo, Bob King of, King Organizations: Service, NASA, Mercury, Southern Hemisphere, Planetary Society, Reuters, Northern, Cancer, Bob King of Sky Locations: Wall, Silicon, Trwyn Du, Anglesey, Wales, California
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