What was your favorite space photo of 2020? There were dozens to choose from, with Comet NEOWISE’s brief, bright and astounding appearance in summer surely one of the highlights. If that kept amateur astrophotographers busy, so did a couple of stunning solar eclipses and some close planetary conjunctions.
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1. The ‘comet of the century’ so far (July 2020)
A portent of doom or a huge slice of celestial luck? Dozens of comets enter the Solar System each year, but rarely do they become visible to the naked eye. In July, the Comet NEOWISE, or C/2020 F3, put on show its two tails first to the southern hemisphere then to the northern hemisphere
About 64 million miles at its closest, Comet NEOWISE is about three miles wide and was traveling at 144,000 mph. It’s due back in 6,800 years or s
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2. A once-in-10-lifetimes ‘great conjunction’ on the winter solstice (December 2020)
3. Best-ever image of the Sun from Earth (January 2020)
4. An eclipse of the Sun (December 2020)
5. Venus in the ‘Seven Sisters’ (April 2020)
6. A ‘ring of fire’ on the summer solstice (June 2020)
7. The first image of two exoplanets orbiting a star (July 2020)
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