Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Ursa Major (UMa)  ·  Contains:  Part of the constellation Ursa Major (UMa)  ·  The star 26UMa  ·  The star 31UMa  ·  The star θUMa  ·  The star φUMa
Comet C/2020 F3 (NEOWISE) Running Against the Stars, Die Launische Diva
Comet C/2020 F3 (NEOWISE) Running Against the Stars
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Comet C/2020 F3 (NEOWISE) Running Against the Stars

Comet C/2020 F3 (NEOWISE) Running Against the Stars, Die Launische Diva
Comet C/2020 F3 (NEOWISE) Running Against the Stars
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Comet C/2020 F3 (NEOWISE) Running Against the Stars

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The comet was setting towards West. Its altitude was very low, especially during the end of imaging. Thus, due to atmospheric refraction, bent star trails are apparent at the lower left corner of the image. Since this is the result of a comet integration with no rejection in PixInsight, several meteors trails and cosmic ray hits are visible. With a fast-evolving comet tail, one hour of integration may have dispersed the fine details of the comet's ion gas (blue) and dust (green) tails.

The camera lens (Samyang 135mm) was set at f/2. There is a gap at the middle of the star trails due to a brief pause during the imaging session.

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Comet C/2020 F3 (NEOWISE) Running Against the Stars, Die Launische Diva