Observation by Nick Quinn: C/2020 F3 (NEOWISE)

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Nick Quinn

Observer

Nick Quinn

Observed

2020 Jul 17 - 21:48

Uploaded

2020 Jul 18 - 22:29

Objects

C/2020 F3 (NEOWISE)

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Constellation

Lynx

Field centre

RA: 08^h33^m
Dec: +56°51'
Position angle: +19°18'

Field size

16° × 23°

Equipment

Canon 70D
Canon EF-50mm f/1.8 II
Astrotrac

Exposure

20 x 30secs, f/2.5, ISO 800

Location

Steyning, West Sussex, UK

Target name

C/2020 F3 (NEOWISE)

Title

C/2020 F3 (NEOWISE)

About this image

Cirrus cloud slow to disperse at sunset, not reasonably clear until comet lower to the horizon. Some light pollution from Horsham and Guildford. Processed in Astro Pixel Processor which deals well with calibration frames, colour balance and light pollution removal but doesn't support aligning frames on comet. Hence have sacrificed some cometary detail by aligning on stars but still shows synchronic bands in the dust tail. FOV is ~ 22 x 16 degrees.

Files associated with this observation

c2020f3_neowise_steyning_20200717T2248.jpg (1.4 MB)

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Comments

Nick James, 2020 Jul 18 - 23:37 UTC

Nick - That is a really nice wide-field image very well processed. The striae in the dust tail show up very well. The shape of the dust tail for this comet is an excellent example of the dynamics of dust motion following release from the nucleus.

Nick Quinn, 2020 Jul 20 - 08:51 UTC

Thanks, Nick!

Mr Robert Jonathan Marshall, 2020 Aug 04 - 10:49 UTC

Nice image Nick!! Well done :)

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