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Comet NEOWISE C/2020 F3


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  • Location: Birmingham, Harborne 160 asl
  • Weather Preferences: Columus Bigus Convectivus
  • Location: Birmingham, Harborne 160 asl

Well it`s up there....just about see it with the naked eye....it will get brighter

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  • Location: Birmingham City Centre
  • Location: Birmingham City Centre

Left it a bit late for noctilucents, but was pleasantly surprised to spot Neowise! I honestly thought I wouldn't get to see it, due to buildings in the way and light pollution.

Will try and gets some pics a little earlier, if I'm lucky and the skies remain clear for the foreseeable.

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  • Location: Macclesfield
  • Location: Macclesfield

Fantastic photos you've all taken, l managed to observe it for a while through my binoculars, they are not the worlds strongest but I could clearly see the nucleus and the tail shooting from it was like an orange firework, amazing. Neither of my tablets or phone managed to pick it up for a photo.  To the naked eye it looked like a faint orange line and the clouds that kept obscuring my view were a pain, but l persevered and thoroughly enjoyed myself.

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  • Location: Christchurch, Dorset
  • Weather Preferences: Extreme weather what else!
  • Location: Christchurch, Dorset

I managed to get another look at Neowise this morning, and also spotted a thin band of noctilucent clouds, but they were very low in the sky, which is a shame as it would have made a nice photo, but it would have meant getting in the car.

Luckily I can see some great pictures on here this morning!

One thing I'd did notice is that Neowise isn't as bright as it was a few days ago, but it was also lower in the sky when I had a look, that might have accounted for some of its appeared faintness, but It is expected to start dimming regardless, so we will be needing some form of optical aid before too long.

 

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  • Location: North Cornwall 187ft asl
  • Weather Preferences: Atlantic Storms, Thunder & Lightning, Snow.
  • Location: North Cornwall 187ft asl

 

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  • Location: Edinburgh (previously Chelmsford and Birmingham)
  • Weather Preferences: Unseasonably cold weather (at all times of year), wind, and thunderstorms.
  • Location: Edinburgh (previously Chelmsford and Birmingham)

Out at the moment looking for Neowise. The MO forecast has all day been saying clear skies from midnight; the reality is that it's cloudy and I can't see a ruddy thing.

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  • Location: Edinburgh (previously Chelmsford and Birmingham)
  • Weather Preferences: Unseasonably cold weather (at all times of year), wind, and thunderstorms.
  • Location: Edinburgh (previously Chelmsford and Birmingham)

Clouds cleared and I managed to get some snaps. I'm not into photography so these were taken on my phone with a 10-second exposure. Photos were taken from Arthur's Seat, Edinburgh at around 1:30am. First comet I've ever seen for myself - couldn't have been more happy when I saw it poking out the clouds!

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  • Location: Herne Bay, Kent (14 m)
  • Weather Preferences: Thunderstorms & Snow
  • Location: Herne Bay, Kent (14 m)

Who'd know my bloody luck as to be able to shoot the comet from my garden near midnight yesterday!

Still planning to venture out today but I'm gobsmacked. (Better res pics on the tweet)

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  • Location: Irlam
  • Location: Irlam

How scarce have decent comets been over the last 50 years for our part of the world?

I have only seen 6 in my lifetime: Hyakutake was the first and that was in 1996! Never saw Halley in 85-86, apparently it was the worst viewing of that comet for over 2000 years, the next return apparently will be much better in 2061-62 

Hale-Bopp in 1997 was exceptional, one of the best comets ever observed.

Ikeya Zhang in 2002 that was just visible to naked eye.

Comet McNaught for one clear evening in January 2007 but that was definitely a southern hemisphere comet

The mysterious outburst of Comet Holmes in 2007. 

And now NEOWISE in 2020.

When is the northern hemisphere's next really spectacular comet? 

 

 

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  • Location: North Cornwall 187ft asl
  • Weather Preferences: Atlantic Storms, Thunder & Lightning, Snow.
  • Location: North Cornwall 187ft asl
WWW.FALLOFATHOUSANDSUNS.COM

A list of the brightest comets in the 20th century alongside their apparent magnitude

Also has links to 21st Comets and other interesting links.

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  • Location: Crewe, Cheshire
  • Weather Preferences: Snow, storms and other extremes
  • Location: Crewe, Cheshire

Not seen a comet in a while...

 

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I'll grab my coat...

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  • Location: Whaley Bridge - Peak District
  • Location: Whaley Bridge - Peak District

In 2007 we also had C/2006 P1 (McNaught) which, if I remember correctly, was a just about visible daytime Comet before it transitioned to the Northern Hemisphere and for some fortunate few who didn't have clouds in the UK gave a brilliant display with a long 'striped' tail on the horizon. I should look back on past Comets visible from the UK since Hale-Bopp as I remember seeing a few early-dawn twilight ones using the 90/1200 Telescope so i'm definitely in the same numbers of seeing at least 7 or 8, but Hale-Bopp, Holmes, and Neowise are definitely the 3 that'll be fixed in my memory.

And to think with Neowise the peak isn't until July 22nd when it'll be closest to Earth, albeit 400x Lunar Distances away, but a even better observation target being higher and brighter than it is now.

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  • Location: Irlam
  • Location: Irlam
1 hour ago, Dreckly said:
WWW.FALLOFATHOUSANDSUNS.COM

A list of the brightest comets in the 20th century alongside their apparent magnitude

Also has links to 21st Comets and other interesting links.

Machholz rings a bell, not sure I saw that one.

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  • Location: Whaley Bridge - Peak District
  • Location: Whaley Bridge - Peak District

Machholz I do remember seeing as it passed close to the Beehive Cluster in January 2005 although I mustn't have gotten that on camera as DSLR's were unaffordable for someone of my age at the time. I do have a pic of ISON in 2013 although it's a basic amateur attempt using a small Olympus 'pocket camera' and its only just visible to the right-hand side of Hawkhurst Stone up on Whaley Bridge Moor, back when I was just starting out learning how to frame images at the time.

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  • Location: Bedfordshire
  • Weather Preferences: Thunderstorms, plumes, snow, severe weather
  • Location: Bedfordshire

 

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  • Location: Sth Staffs/Shrops 105m/345' & NW Snowdonia 219m/719'
  • Location: Sth Staffs/Shrops 105m/345' & NW Snowdonia 219m/719'

I managed to get some nice clear shots last night.... (Google Pixel 3aXL Night Sight/Astrophotography mode)

 

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  • Location: North Cornwall 187ft asl
  • Weather Preferences: Atlantic Storms, Thunder & Lightning, Snow.
  • Location: North Cornwall 187ft asl

 

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