By J. Jala| 06:18 PM July 24, 2020
After days of waiting for clear skies, netizen John Michael Ladura finally captured a photo of the celestial wonder.
Ladura, 22, went to a hill in Barangay Cabayugan in Calape to capture the comet at around 7:30 p. m. on July 22.
He was also able to take photos of the Milky Way Galaxy shortly before midnight.
He said using a camera tripod and adds that observing NEOWISE at a place with less light pollution can help better capture the comet.
According to NASA, C/2020 F3 comet, also known as NEOWISE, cruised just inside Mercury’s orbit on July 3. By mid-August, it will cross outside Earth’s orbit on its way back to the outer parts of the solar system.
“If you don’t spot the comet this time around, you won’t get another chance. It has a long, elliptical orbit, so it will be approximately 6,800 years before NEOWISE returns to the inner parts of the solar system,” the space agency said.
