Comet C/2020 F3 (NEOWISE), not to be missed! Options

[fredk]

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.

Post your sightings!

[Sean]

Here is a time-lapse image sequence from ISS converted to real-time on Youtube

[centsworth_II]

Here is a time-lapse image sequence...

Note to impatient souls: comet is fully visible starting at 3:25.

[JRehling]

This is my pic from early morning a few days ago with a William Optics Star 71 refractor and ZWO ASI 1600mm camera. It was easily visible at 4:45am. I have yet to see it in the evening sky with the naked eye, with the SF fog being particularly uncooperative. I got some closeups of the coma with my Celestron 9.25" which have quite a different look to them.

This is my first naked-eye comet since 2008 and sixth overall.

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[MahFL]

Yesterday my wife and I drove about 40 miles to a dark spot in Georgia, USA, and we had good naked eye and optical views. I could not get a photo due to being bitten alive by bugs.
Tonight I viewed the comet from my house ( light pollution nightmare ), and I got a pretty good view and snapped a picture on my cell phone via my 20x60 Bushnell Spotting scope.
The comet quickly dimmed as it descended into the light and industrial pollution of Orange Park, FL. Also at the time there was lighting from a thunderstorm about 80 miles away.