Comet C/2020 F3 (NEOWISE), not to be missed! |
Comet C/2020 F3 (NEOWISE), not to be missed! |
Jul 15 2020, 09:22 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 4246 Joined: 17-January 05 Member No.: 152 |
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! |
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Jul 17 2020, 01:53 AM
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Forum Contributor Group: Members Posts: 1372 Joined: 8-February 04 From: North East Florida, USA. Member No.: 11 |
Photographed with a cell phone through a 20x60mm spotting scope from Orange Park FL today. It was not visible to the naked eye.
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Jul 17 2020, 05:37 PM
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Director of Galilean Photography Group: Members Posts: 896 Joined: 15-July 04 From: Austin, TX Member No.: 93 |
Finally managed a shot last night here in Austin, TX.
The tail was about 2 degrees long in the light pollution. -------------------- Space Enthusiast Richard Hendricks
-- "The engineers, as usual, made a tremendous fuss. Again as usual, they did the job in half the time they had dismissed as being absolutely impossible." --Rescue Party, Arthur C Clarke Mother Nature is the final inspector of all quality. |
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Jul 18 2020, 04:09 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 923 Joined: 10-November 15 Member No.: 7837 |
Here is a time-lapse image sequence from ISS converted to real-time on Youtube
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Jul 18 2020, 04:39 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 2173 Joined: 28-December 04 From: Florida, USA Member No.: 132 |
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Jul 20 2020, 01:07 AM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 2530 Joined: 20-April 05 Member No.: 321 |
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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Jul 20 2020, 02:16 AM
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Forum Contributor Group: Members Posts: 1372 Joined: 8-February 04 From: North East Florida, USA. Member No.: 11 |
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. |
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Jul 20 2020, 02:19 AM
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Forum Contributor Group: Members Posts: 1372 Joined: 8-February 04 From: North East Florida, USA. Member No.: 11 |
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. Nice capture JRehling. |
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Jul 20 2020, 02:20 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 362 Joined: 13-April 06 From: Malta Member No.: 741 |
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Jul 21 2020, 10:23 AM
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Junior Member Group: Members Posts: 39 Joined: 26-March 09 From: Cornwall Member No.: 4697 |
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Jul 21 2020, 11:28 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 100 Joined: 25-April 08 From: near New York City, NY Member No.: 4103 |
From a brightly lit parking lot in Ardsley, NY, just north of New York City:
NEOWISE and (streak to the right) the International Space Station. Canon XS on a tripod; 50mm lens at f/2, 5 seconds exposure, ISO-800. More at: https://bkellysky.wordpress.com/ |
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Jul 22 2020, 03:33 AM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1074 Joined: 21-September 07 From: Québec, Canada Member No.: 3908 |
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Jul 22 2020, 07:56 AM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 362 Joined: 13-April 06 From: Malta Member No.: 741 |
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Jul 25 2020, 03:36 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 890 Joined: 18-November 08 Member No.: 4489 |
here in metro Detroit area the viewing is NOT good so i created a SPICE add on for Celestia
it can be grabed from celestialmatters site (spice must be implemented in celestia , at least the baryceneters and planets ) http://forum.celestialmatters.org/viewtopi...f=18&t=1000 and a close up ( artistic concept ) |
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Jul 25 2020, 11:57 PM
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Merciless Robot Group: Admin Posts: 8783 Joined: 8-December 05 From: Los Angeles Member No.: 602 |
VERY cool, John; thanks!!!
Thanks also to everyone else for the great pics. Viewing's not great from metro Los Angeles either, though did get a decent view in binoculars from one of the local beaches a few days ago. -------------------- A few will take this knowledge and use this power of a dream realized as a force for change, an impetus for further discovery to make less ancient dreams real.
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