Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Auriga (Aur)  ·  Contains:  Solar system body or event
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C/2020 F3 Neowise with isolated Sodium Trail, kv54
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C/2020 F3 Neowise with isolated Sodium Trail

Acquisition type: Electronically-Assisted Astronomy (EAA, e.g. based on a live video feed)
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C/2020 F3 Neowise with isolated Sodium Trail, kv54
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C/2020 F3 Neowise with isolated Sodium Trail

Acquisition type: Electronically-Assisted Astronomy (EAA, e.g. based on a live video feed)

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Process in Pixinsight:
- Automatic Background Extraction
- SpectroPhotometricColorCalibration
- BlurXTerminator
- NoiseXTerminator
- ArcsinhStretch

The orange sodium trail is slightly rotated to the left with respect to the blue gas tail. I was extremly surprised having successfully catched this delicate detail. The remaining brightness gradient is due to low altitude of the comet during exposure  and could not be fully removed.

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C/2020 F3 Neowise with isolated Sodium Trail, kv54

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