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11 July 2020 at 10:54 am #582769
Stewart Moore
ParticipantReally superb view, not just of comet but of NLCs and finally brilliant Venus rising. Comet showed naked eye tail of around 5 deg at 01:25UT (not much longer in bins) and possibly even longer naked eye with AV. In 15x70s tail showed a lot of structure and, as Andrew said, looked very similar to that seen in images. Just a pity the Moon was around.
11 July 2020 at 11:18 am #582746Grant Privett
ParticipantMorning of the 6th there were tiny gaps in the cloud and drizzle.
Morning of the 7th a bank of cloud from N-NW with tiny gaps, but huge clear bits overhead. Stood and hoped for an hour but didnt see it with binoculars nor on the SLR. 🙂
Perhaps tomorrow.
Despite that, the stillness of the predawn was wonderful.
EDIT: Eventually saw it evening of 10th. Worth the wait. Alas I fell asleep in a chair waiting for it to clear some trees for the 2am observation.
11 July 2020 at 11:54 am #582770Nick James
ParticipantFantastic pics and observations everyone. Here is a colour pic of mine from this morning showing the two tails. The FoV is 6.4×4.3 deg.
11 July 2020 at 12:04 pm #582771Daryl Dobbs
ParticipantExcellent pictures.
As I’ve got the day off work I got up at 2am only to find the comet behind a large tree covered hill. Waited until 2:45 for the comet to clear the distant hill only to find the only patch of cloud in the sky covering the area. Such are the joys of living in a Welsh valley. Still there is always next time
11 July 2020 at 12:35 pm #582772Robin Leadbeater
ParticipantHi Nick,
The sodium emission is so intense in the spectrum that I wonder if there is any sign of a sodium tail like in Hale Bopp? I hope to take a spectrum of a cross section through the tails if the weather cooperates but a narrow band image though an Na D pass filter could be interesting. Not a common filter among amateurs though I guess. The inverse filter response is more common !
Robin
11 July 2020 at 2:20 pm #582773Ray Emery
ParticipantNick – that latest image of your makes it look like a Hale-Bopp re-run! What’s the secret? 🙂
11 July 2020 at 2:42 pm #582775Gary Poyner
ParticipantCracking images everyone. For once I’m quite excited over a comet!
Gary
11 July 2020 at 3:18 pm #582776Robin Leadbeater
ParticipantHi Mike,
Yep definitely a little orange image of the comet complete with tail in the spectrum there.
11 July 2020 at 8:34 pm #582777Nick James
ParticipantRobin, this is a very active and probably quite large nucleus that has been strongly heated through perihelion so it would be worth searching for a possible sodium tail. I don’t have a suitable filter (all mine are designed to block Na D!) but a good challenge for others.
11 July 2020 at 8:36 pm #582778Nick James
ParticipantNo secret, just lots of frames, careful focusing, very good flat fields and being in the right place at the right time. There should be lots of opportunities over the next week or so if the weather cooperates.
11 July 2020 at 8:37 pm #582779Nick James
ParticipantSteady Gary.
12 July 2020 at 12:40 am #582780Les Brand
ParticipantHere’s my attempt. Simple capture with Canon SX50
12 July 2020 at 9:06 am #582781Mr Simon Francis Dawes
ParticipantHere is one of my stacks from Friday/Saturday night – I went out with a few friends and we observed from dusk ’till dawn.
full image on my members page https://britastro.org/profile?id=7740
12 July 2020 at 9:09 am #582782David Swan
ParticipantHi Brandx. You might have uploaded the image to the site, but not embedded it into your post. You can also just attach the image file.
12 July 2020 at 9:16 am #582783David Swan
ParticipantA fantastic observing opportunity last night. Clear throughout.
12 July 2020 at 10:07 am #582784Nick James
ParticipantDavid. The shot with the low-level NLC is wonderful. Get it printed and framed and hang it on the wall!
12 July 2020 at 10:42 am #582785David Swan
ParticipantYes. I do really like that pic. The Sony 85mm FE lens is very good. The other image is APS-C crop and digi zoom!
12 July 2020 at 10:43 am #582786Martin Mobberley
ParticipantThis morning’s pics. Moon less of a problem. Some cloud at first. Another nice view in 10x50s. 10 sec shot with 50mm f/1.4 on a fixed tripod in the farmer’s field. 12 stacked for highly stretched second image. Horrendous grunting/howling noise throughout the session from the direction of the Moon…..Only sheep (as far as I know) in that direction but it sounded like an angry wildebeeste heading my way….. As soon as I had finished I got the hell out of that field ASAP….
12 July 2020 at 10:47 am #582787David Swan
ParticipantGood capture of both tails, Martin.
12 July 2020 at 11:01 am #582788David Strange
ParticipantCaught this spectrum of the comet this morning showing bright Sodium line, C2 banding and I’m guessing CN emission on far left? 20 x30s with ASI 183mm and Alpy (binned 2×2 at 2.5A/pixel).Taken with 50cm f/4 Connaught Dome at NLO.
David
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