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Comet C/2020 F3 (NEOWISE), not to be missed!
fredk
post Jul 15 2020, 09:22 PM
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Comet NEOWISE is now a stunning sight in the NW evening sky! I urge anyone who has the chance to check it out - it's easily the most impressive northern hemisphere comet since Hale-Bopp in 1997. Binoculars are probably the ideal instrument to use. From a dark site (though competing with some aurora) I could make out a good 12 degrees of tail Monday evening, and faintly the ion tail. But even from the city the brighter part visible is well worth a look.

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post Jul 17 2020, 05:37 PM
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Finally managed a shot last night here in Austin, TX.

The tail was about 2 degrees long in the light pollution.
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- fredk   Comet C/2020 F3 (NEOWISE)   Jul 15 2020, 09:22 PM
- - MahFL   Photographed with a cell phone through a 20x60mm s...   Jul 17 2020, 01:53 AM
- - hendric   Finally managed a shot last night here in Austin, ...   Jul 17 2020, 05:37 PM
- - Sean   Here is a time-lapse image sequence from ISS conve...   Jul 18 2020, 04:09 PM
|- - centsworth_II   QUOTE (Sean @ Jul 18 2020, 12:09 PM) Here...   Jul 18 2020, 04:39 PM
|- - JRehling   This is my pic from early morning a few days ago w...   Jul 20 2020, 01:07 AM
|- - MahFL   Yesterday my wife and I drove about 40 miles to a ...   Jul 20 2020, 02:16 AM
|- - MahFL   QUOTE (JRehling @ Jul 20 2020, 02:07 AM) ...   Jul 20 2020, 02:19 AM
- - Julius   Comet view from Malta   Jul 20 2020, 02:20 PM
- - gwiz   From a window of my home in Cornwall:   Jul 21 2020, 10:23 AM
|- - bkellysky   From a brightly lit parking lot in Ardsley, NY, ju...   Jul 21 2020, 11:28 PM
- - charborob   From my backyard in Québec City (lots of light pol...   Jul 22 2020, 03:33 AM
- - Julius   Another Comet view from Gozo Island!   Jul 22 2020, 07:56 AM
- - JohnVV   here in metro Detroit area the viewing is NOT good...   Jul 25 2020, 03:36 PM
- - nprev   VERY cool, John; thanks!!! Thanks als...   Jul 25 2020, 11:57 PM

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