Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Coma Berenices (Com)  ·  Contains:  39 Com  ·  IC 4122  ·  IC 4164  ·  IC 851  ·  The star 39Com
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Neowise (mag +6.8) between the clouds, KiwiAstro
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Neowise (mag +6.8) between the clouds

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Neowise (mag +6.8) between the clouds, KiwiAstro
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Neowise (mag +6.8) between the clouds

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Neowise is now visible from New Zealand although much dimmer as it heads out into deep space.

Last night, finally had an opening in the clouds although some haze. Seeing a potential opportunity, set up and 1 hour later the opening came up from the southwest to the position of Neowise. Shot 11 images of which 5 made it without clouds although some haze... Certainly not the best image of this comet out there but wanted to share. Also, there is a very faint galaxy at 144 million light years - IC851 at bottom left.

Magnitude +6.8, 133.7m km distance.

Looking forward to a clear night to give this another try although it will have a higher magnitude and thus more dim with each passing day as it heads back out into deep space. Back this way in about 6000 years.

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Neowise (mag +6.8) between the clouds, KiwiAstro

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