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How and when to see Comet Neowise in the sky above the UK this week

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Comet Neowise in the night sky this month. The newly discovered comet has already been captured by photographers lucky enough to spot it, and it's put on a spectacular show so far.

The comet reached its closest point to the sun on July 3 and is expected to reach its closest point to earth on July 23. It will be passing our planet at a distance of 103million kilometres, which is close in terms of passing comets - but around 400 times further away than the Moon.After it has passed earth towards the end of this month, it will be plunging deeper into the solar system.If you want to see Comet Neowise before that, astronomers say you will need to head outside after the sun goes down or just before it rises as it is only visible in the dark.So at.

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