Look What We Found Tonight!
I knew we had a visitor streaking through our solar system but our skies are rarely good for viewing anything so I had almost completely given up on the possibility of seeing this fast flying visitor. Plus, it was located low near the horizon and we are surrounded by trees so that was also making me lose hope of catching a glimpse of this guy. Sheila and I got lucky with the weather tonight which made it pretty easy to find this visitor in our night sky! This comet was actually discovered on Sheila's birthday, March 27, 2020, and named Neowise. Comet Neowise is hurtling through our solar system at 17,500 miles per hour and it is about 3.1 miles in size. This comet won't be visiting us again for another 6,800 years so this is a once in a lifetime event. The comet and it's diffusing blue ion and golden sodium tail were clearly visible in our northern sky tonight and, for a change, I was prepared for it and the weather cooperated and my health cooperated and we encounte