alexikeguchi
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Did anyone catch the NEOWISE comet yet? I just came back from viewing, and it was delightful. The comet is already visible to the naked eye, though binoculars definitely help, and it will be progressively easier to see as it rises to its highest point above the horizon on July 23. It will remain visible for a few weeks after that but then not again for 6800 years! In reading about it beforehand, I also learned that the etymology of the word "disaster" actually relates to comets, from the Greek roots "dys" meaning ill or bad and "aster," the word for star. I won't blame 2020 on this beautiful natural phenomenon though.