From NOIR Lab, June 25, 2021: The DECam designed, built and tested by Fermilab and funded by DOE, collected the data that lead to the discovery of a giant comet discovered by two astronomers from the University of Pennsylvania.
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Comet NEOWISE is visible just above the upper left corner of Wilson Hall. Fireflies are visible in the foreground. This photo was taken on July 22.
Comet NEOWISE flies by Wilson Hall early on July 13.
Steve Krave, TD, captured the comet from the Blackwell Forest Preserve.
Reader Lorraine Mahoney submitted this photo of the comet over Fermilab taken from a distance.
Marty Murphy, AD, shot this photo of Comet PanSTARRS over Wilson Hall from Eola Road.