c/2020 F3 Neowise in the local provincial park dark site (Ian Dixon)

Celestial hemisphere: Northern · Constellation: Auriga (Aur) · Contains: 50 psi02 Aur · 55 psi04 Aur · 56 psi05 Aur · 58 psi07 Aur · The star ψ2Aur · The star ψ4Aur · The star ψ5Aur · The star ψ7Aur

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c/2020 F3 Neowise in the local provincial park dark site

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c/2020 F3 Neowise in the local provincial park dark site

July 11, 2020

My buddies Kevin, Ryan, Dave and I distanced ourselves in separate vehicles and packed our stuff and headed out to Sandilands provincial park to take in the surprisingly cool Comet c/2020 F3 Neowise.

The northern skies here are unfettered by skyglow from the city... perfect for comets in the low northern skies.

This site is not far out of the city.. and its nice and dark! The Milky Way was very prominent before the moon poked itself up and over the eastern horizon.

This is a single image @ 336 mm (SV 70t), ISO 1600, Canon 60D, looking North and low on the horizon. Note the pine tree tops lower left in the frame.

This object was low.

This comet has an impressively lengthy tail - well worth the wait til 2:45 am to image it. Note the pine tree, lower left.

Thanks for looking...

BTW Skysafari says: "C/2020 F3 (NEOWISE) is a 8th magnitude (ed. definitely brighter!!) Comet appearing in the constellation Auriga. Its orbit is parabolic, and its closest approach to the Sun is 0.3 AU."

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