As many countries around the world went into lockdown at the start of 2020, the comet NEOWISE was discovered at the end of March.

It would gain brightness as it got closer to Earth, eventually becoming visible at night even from Cork city as seen in the image above. I took the picture partially crawling out on a roof, my legs held firmly by my ex-partner, on the morning of July 11th.

Also visible are the ethereal noctilucent clouds – very high altitude swirls of ice that can be observed on some summer nights.

In case, the comet isn’t visible on your device’s screen, below is a blown up image of it.

References:

https://www.nasa.gov/general/how-to-see-comet-neowise/