C/2020 F8 (SWAN)
C/2020 F8 (SWAN), or Comet SWAN, is an Oort cloud comet that was discovered in images taken by the Solar Wind Anisotropies (SWAN) camera on March 25, 2020, aboard the Solar Heliospheric Observer (SOHO) spacecraft. In the glare of twilight, Comet SWAN is difficult to find with 50mm binoculars even though it is still near the theoretical range of naked eye visibility. The comet has dimmed since May 3. As of perihelion, the comet is very diffuse, does not have a visible nucleus and is not a comet that will be noticed by inexperienced observers. It is likely that the comet disintegrated.
Q40864
Oort cloud
Concept
Q3559
comet
Concept
Q320638
Solar Heliospheric Observer (SOHO)
MISC
Q164160
twilight
DIS
None
50mm binoculars
UNK
Q1773534
nucleus
DIS
Q90914968
C/2020 F8 (SWAN)
CEL
2020-03-25T00:00:00Z^^http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#dateTime
March 25, 2020
DATE
+2020^^http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#decimal
2020
NUMBER
+8^^http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#decimal
8
NUMBER
+50^^http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#decimal
50
NUMBER
+3^^http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#decimal
3
NUMBER
instance of
site of astronomical discovery