The Neowise Comet has been captured on camera soaring over the Isle of Wight – and it will be visible throughout July.
Although the comet is over 64million miles away it is visible to the naked eye as it continues on a 6,800-year orbit.
Over the past few nights, Jamie Russell of Island Visions Photography has been lucky to capture the comet as it flew over the Island. Photos have been taken at Bembridge RNLI lifeboat station, Wootton Bridge and looking across the Solent towards Portsmouth.
Islanders can catch a glimpse of Neowise – the most visible comet since Hale-Bopp – throughout July and it will be at its closest on 23rd July.
The comet is best seen at about 02:30 in the morning in the north-east sky – just above the horizon.
NASA’s Near-Earth Object Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer – known as NEOWISE – discovered the comet back in March.
A comet is made up rock, gas and ice and are different to asteroids, which are made up of metal and rock. A meteor debris from comets and asteroids and are called ‘meteorites’ when that debris makes it to Earth.
Fantastic photo’s