Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Ursa Major (UMa)  ·  Contains:  Solar system body or event
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Macro Video of C/2020 F3 (Neowise) - Video link in Description, KuriousGeorge
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Macro Video of C/2020 F3 (Neowise) - Video link in Description

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Macro Video of C/2020 F3 (Neowise) - Video link in Description, KuriousGeorge
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Macro Video of C/2020 F3 (Neowise) - Video link in Description

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This is created from 66 x 60s exposures through a Blue filter for maximum contrast. July 23, 2020 from 9:06 PM to 10:17 PM PST.

The comet was tracked with a direct drive Planewave L600 mount at .5 arcsecond per minute drift error for over an hour. There's one minor position "pop" (cause TBD).

All 66 frames were then calibrated and batch processed with Pixinsight Automatic Histogram Transform (through Blink) followed by HDR and LHE.

Video rendered from processed PNGs using Photoshop. 3840 x 2304, H.264 @ 20 fps.

Be sure to select 2160p 4K YouTube playback quality to not miss any detail. (-:

144,000 mph (231,000 km/h). Comet light takes 5 minutes to reach us.

Macro Video of C/2020 F3 (Neowise) – Select 1440p HD YouTube Playback Quality

NOTE: The quality of this video is MUCH higher when viewed from my desktop. The YouTube video codec causes significant motion artifacts so it could play for most folks.

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Macro Video of C/2020 F3 (Neowise) - Video link in Description, KuriousGeorge

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