Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Ursa Major (UMa)  ·  Contains:  Solar system body or event
Comet C/2020 F3 (NEOWISE), bbright
Comet C/2020 F3 (NEOWISE)
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Comet C/2020 F3 (NEOWISE)

Comet C/2020 F3 (NEOWISE), bbright
Comet C/2020 F3 (NEOWISE)
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Comet C/2020 F3 (NEOWISE)

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Same framing and process as a week ago, but this time I shot 20 x 30 second subs from some better Bortle 3 skies, and NEOWISE was about 15 degrees above the horizon, which made a big difference - the background sky gradient was less severe, the green color of the nucleus is showing and there are more stars (and spiral galaxy NGC 3198, 6.5 arc min long with a visual mag. of 10.3 is just visible in the upper lefthand corner).

Acquisition details: Fujifilm X-T10, Samyang 135mm f/2.0 ED UMC @ f2.0, ISO 1600, 20 x 30 sec, tracking with iOptron SkyTracker Pro, stacking with DeepSkyStacker, editing with Astro Pixel Processor and GIMP, taken July 20, 2020 from Bortle 3 skies at 11:00 pm Pacific (the beginning of astronomic dark).

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Comet C/2020 F3 (NEOWISE), bbright