Comet NEOWISE Rotation Timelapse Sequence (clean version)

A sequence of eight images reveals the rotation of Comet NEOWISE using data from the international Gemini Observatory’s Gemini North telescope on Hawai‘i’s Maunakea. The images were obtained on 1 August 2020 using the Gemini Multi-Object Spectrograph over a period of of 1.5 hours. In this sequence, the set of eight images are looped nine times. More information and download options: Credit: International Gemini Observatory/NOIRLab/NSF/AURA/M. Drahus/P. Gu