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Comet C/2020 F3 (NEOWISE), not to be missed! |
 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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Jul 18 2020, 04:09 PM
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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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QUOTE (Sean @ Jul 18 2020, 12:09 PM)  Here is a time-lapse image sequence... Note to impatient souls: comet is fully visible starting at 3:25.
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Jul 20 2020, 01:07 AM
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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, 02:19 AM
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QUOTE (JRehling @ Jul 20 2020, 02:07 AM) 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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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
MahFL Yesterday my wife and I drove about 40 miles to a ... Jul 20 2020, 02:16 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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