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Looking Skyward: The Comet NEOWISE and Scanning the Summer Sky

CAI | By John Basile
Published July 16, 2020 at 1:02 PM EDT
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A bright new visitor to the night sky is the comet Neowise.
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In this edition of Looking Skyward, WCAI's John Basile talks with Dr. Regina Jorgenson of the Maria Mitchell Observatory on Nantucket about a newly visible comet and what to look for in the summer sky.

  

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John Basile
John Basile is the local host of All Things Considered weekday afternoons and a reporter.
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