Observation by Terry Evans: C/2020 F3 NEOWISE

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Terry Evans

Observer

Terry Evans

Observed

2020 Jul 10 - 21:20

Uploaded

2020 Jul 11 - 09:45

Objects

C/2020 F3 (NEOWISE)

Equipment

Canon 60Da
TEC140
Skywatcher EQ6

Exposure

5*2s (ISO3200) Uncropped

Location

Withyman's Pool, top of the Quantocks

Target name

C/2020 F3 NEOWISE

Title

C/2020 F3 NEOWISE

About this image

One of many, I suspect, of Comet NEOWISE! This was taken in the evening while the comet was at an altitude of about 4 degrees. The sky was barely dark and the tail extends out of the frame on longer exposures but the contrast is too poor to get any detail. It was just visible to the naked eye but improved as the sky got darker even as the comet got lower. Excellent sight in 10*50 binoculars. Reminds me a bit of a (much lower) Comet Bennett (showing my age :-).

Files associated with this observation

Comet NEOWISE 5 by 2s ISO3200 SD DDP Resize.jpg (519.4 kB)

Like this image

David Basey, Andy Wilson

Comments

Neil Morrison, 2020 Jul 11 - 14:53 UTC

Yes I agree Comet Neowise looks similar to Comet Benett. See my members page of the 13th October 2018 for a B/W image from April 1970

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