Observation by Ken Wood: Comet 2020 F3 NEOWISE + Noctilucent Clou...

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Ken Wood

Observer

Ken Wood

Observed

2020 Jul 11 - 01:55

Uploaded

2020 Jul 11 - 03:07

Objects

C/2020 F3 (NEOWISE)

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Constellation

Auriga

Field centre

RA: 06^h55^m
Dec: +41°40'
Position angle: -19°06'

Field size

19° × 14°

Equipment

Fuji FineFix HS50EXR (bridge)

Exposure

ISO 400 8" @f4, 17mm (x4.25)

Location

Fourteen Locks, Newport

Target name

NEOWISE + Noctilucent Clouds

Title

Comet 2020 F3 NEOWISE + Noctilucent Clouds

About this image

My first decent comet since West (1976) and the first I've been able to get a photo of. Not only that, but my first noctilucent clouds too!

The camera is nothing special, not a DSLR or anything like that, just a bridge camera (electronic viewfinder, fixed zoom lens). Not very suitable for astrophotography.

Files associated with this observation

DSCF5640 reducedq.jpg (1.9 MB)

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Graham Winstanley, Grant Privett, Neil Morrison, Jimmy Fraser, Andy Wilson

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