Naked eye report : Photo taken by Stephen J. O'Meara at Maun, Botswana, of Comet C/2020 F8 (SWAN) on 2020 Apr. Not a great deal is known about the comet as it was only discovered very recently. C/2020 F8 (SWAN) or Comet SWAN was discovered on April 11, 2020, by an amateur astronomer from Australia, Michael Mattiazzo.

27.3 UT, using a 50mm camera. A New Comet A recently discovered comet made its closest pass to the Earth on Tuesday, at a distance of 52 million miles — a little more than half the distance from Earth to the Sun. Comet Swan was discovered in April 2020. He was analysing data from NASA's Solar and Heliospheric Observatory (SOHO), namely images from the SWAN camera (Solar Wind Anisotropies instrument). Michael noticed a comet that suddenly appeared in images that were taken on March 25, 2020. Comet C/2020 F8 SWAN was discovered in early April 2020, when amateur astronomer Michael Mattiazzo spotted it in images captured by NASA's Solar and … — NASA Sun & Space (@NASASun) May 13, 2020. From about … Comet SWAN brightened quickly. Just in the nick of time, Comet SWAN C/2020 F8 was discovered via images taken by the Solar and Heliospheric Observatory's SWAN (Solar Wind Anisotropies) camera on March 25th by Australian amateur Michael Mattiazzo. May 6, 2020: What just happened to Comet SWAN (C/2020 F8)? In late May and early June, Earthlings may be able to glimpse Comet SWAN. The comet is currently faintly visible to the unaided eye in the Southern Hemisphere just before sunrise. The new comet was first spotted in April 2020, by an amateur astronomer named … "My wife Deborah and I have seen it several times since April 30th," reports Stephen James O’Meara from Maun, Botswana. On May 12, the comet breezed some 52 million miles from Earth and came to perihelion on May 27, 40 million miles from the Sun. "Even the tail is visible with keen averted… It was the new Comet … Comet Swan, officially designated C/2020 F8 (SWAN), will be closest to Earth on May 13 and light up the sky.

The newly-discovered comet surprised observers this week when it suddenly became visible to the unaided eye. Also known as SWAN, this comet will be carrying miles of dust, stone pieces, gas, ice, particles of space debris, etc.