Comet NEOWISE C/2020 F3

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[toggerob]

A nice gap in the clouds tonight allowed just enough time to find Neowise again and grab some more snaps, considering the forecast isn't looking too great all week I thought i'd spend the 30 minute weather-window available simply looking at the Comet and soaking in the atmosphere before the clouds rolled in.

[Southern Storm]

Evening all

Spent the last 3 hours down at my usual photography spot doing some time lapse, and finally managed to get some pictures of the comet.

Unfortunately there was a very thin layer of cloud just in front of the comet, and the cloud seemed to follow its path almost to a T

But it was well worth going out anyway, as it was a beautiful evening.

I will try and post some of the video as soon as I get a chance, but I certainly will be going out again in the next couple of days if the weather is clear.

[Southern Storm]

18 minutes ago, SNOW_JOKE said:

A nice gap in the clouds tonight allowed just enough time to find Neowise again and grab some more snaps, considering the forecast isn't looking too great all week I thought i'd spend the 30 minute weather-window available simply looking at the Comet and soaking in the atmosphere before the clouds rolled in.

Great picture! You really captured the tail very well

It certainly is turning into a wonderful comet to photograph!

I know it has dimmed since I first saw it around the 4th, bit it really does look amazing once the twilight has subsided.

Edited July 13, 2020 by Christchurch storm nut

[toggerob]

19 minutes ago, Christchurch storm nut said:

Great picture! You really captured the tail very well

It certainly is turning into a wonderful comet to photograph!

I know it has dimmed since I first saw it around the 4th, bit it really does look amazing once the twilight has subsided.

There's also a ionized tail with Neowise i've seen from a few other images but it's extremely faint and only evident by using stacking which is a bit more technical than i'm used to. A slight possibility in the next day or two is the debris-tail being interrupted by a CME the results of which may give some motion but weather-wise for observations it's not looking good all week, so-long as it's dry and clear on the 22nd this Comet I believe is only going to get better.

Edited July 13, 2020 by SNOW_JOKE

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5 hours ago, Christchurch storm nut said:

 

I know it has dimmed since I first saw it around the 4th, bit it really does look amazing once the twilight has subsided.

That's the issue now. As it is moving away from the Sun, it will  dim but it is moving closer to the Earth up to the 23rd. So how much will the dimming be offset by the comet getting closer to us up to the 23rd? 

 

 

[Sprites]

From the morning of the 11th about 02.40, was heading home after being out since1am when the noctilucents appeared.

[Jamie M]

All I can say is that I'm very pleased with these pics I managed to get last night from Hampton Pier. Managed to get on the national news too with a Weather Watchers submission.

Better resolution on tweet:

 

[Dreckly]

JPL Small-Body Database Browser

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Neowise info and parameters.

[Arnie Pie]

9 hours ago, Weather-history said:

That's the issue now. As it is moving away from the Sun, it will  dim but it is moving closer to the Earth up to the 23rd. So how much will the dimming be offset by the comet getting closer to us up to the 23rd? 

 

 

It will be interesting to see if it keeps any of it`s visibility....around the 23rd onwards there`s a photo opportunity to be had with Ursa Major (Great Bear).....fingers crossed

found a couple photo`s in my camera from Sunday`s clear night..

.and one of Venus as it rose through Taurus and it`s star Alderbaran

[cheese]

Neowise over Leeds city centre 

Edited July 13, 2020 by cheese

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[Yarmy]

 

[Weather-history]

Here's a pub quiz question..and I don't know the answer at the moment...When was the last decent naked eye comet visible from the UK during summer? 

Hale-Bopp in 1997 was during the spring as was Hyakutake in 1996.

I saw Ikeya Zhang during the spring of 2002,  Holmes was the autumn of 2007

Never saw comet West but that was spring 1976

It has been a long time that a naked eye comet was visible during our summer.

 

 

[Dreckly]

27 minutes ago, Weather-history said:

Here's a pub quiz question..and I don't know the answer at the moment...When was the last decent naked eye comet visible from the UK during summer? 

Hale-Bopp in 1997 was during the spring as was Hyakutake in 1996.

I saw Ikeya Zhang during the spring of 2002,  Holmes was the autumn of 2007

Never saw comet West but that was spring 1976

It has been a long time that a naked eye comet was visible during our summer.

 

 

Only goes to 2004 but it's a very long list 

Comet list Compiled by Christie POnder

WWW.WEATHERFRIEND.COM

 

[Dreckly]

 

[sconetone]

Got a couple decent shots early hours Sunday..

 

[Weather-history]

1 hour ago, Dreckly said:

Only goes to 2004 but it's a very long list 

Comet list Compiled by Christie POnder

WWW.WEATHERFRIEND.COM

 

Mrkos in 1957, not sure about Wilson-Hubbard in 1961.

At least nearly 60 years ago, this is really a rare sight for this time of the year, hardly any decent comets seen in the northern hemisphere during the summer in the last 200 years. Comets are random, there is no reason why this should be. 

It's odd how many there have been in the last 100 years during the spring.

[Southern Storm]

Finally Managed to stick some footage of Comet Neowise / Sunset time lapse together, but it has taken an age to do, and my laptop is now hot enough to cook an egg on  

Hopefully the weather improves in the coming days so we can all enjoy some comet fun.

 

 

Edited July 13, 2020 by Southern Storm

[Arnie Pie]

3 minutes ago, Southern Storm said:

and my laptop is now hot enough to cook an egg on  

Thats a cracker...Nice one  nicely composed

[Southern Storm]

24 minutes ago, Arnie Pie said:

Thats a cracker...Nice one  nicely composed

Thanks buddy, I wanted to spend a bit more time on it, but my laptop is clearly not up to the job, I actually think my mobile is more powerful, which is crazy when you think about it.

I'm actually glad it's raining tonight, otherwise I'd probably be out there again, but I really need to get some sleep.

And some new glasses I can just about spell, honest

 

Edited July 13, 2020 by Southern Storm
Poor spelling ?

[Zak M]

 

[alexisj9]

On 12/07/2020 at 10:04, Weather-history said:

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? 

 

 

 was the out burst one when two commits were visible for about a month, one behind the other 

Edited July 14, 2020 by alexisj9

[Southern Storm]

Well we finally got some clear weather at last.

I ended up going back down to the quay, and also took my 9 year old daughter with me, as she really wanted to come out with me when I last ventured out earlier in the week, and was very upset when I told her it would be too late for her to stay up.

Well, tonight I had one very happy little comet enthusiast! I thought what the hell, how often do we get to see something like this.

Edited July 16, 2020 by Southern Storm