Comet Neowise 2020! [August Hubble photo update]

[KerbMav]

Still waiting for my opportunity to see it before it leaves us again ...

But Jupiter is quite visible these days as well, together with Saturn to the left.

[StrandedonEarth]

Still too many clouds near the horizon at 3:30 this morning. Jupiter has been a fixture in my morning sky for awhile now, but was that Mars I saw high to the south this morning?

[Guest]

This morning was cloudy. Here was tonight's attempt

More in focus but with light pollution still hard to see. We will see what we can get tomorrow night.

It looks like Wednesday is the last day to see it for us as clouds move in again. Nice that we got around a week of clear clouds. I mean we live in a desert .

Edited July 14, 2020 by Guest

[StrandedonEarth]

Oh for.... like seriously? I get up for work at 3:30 am, which should have been great to see this thing, but it's been cloudy for, like, ever. Finally, a break in the weather, it's nice and clear when I got up today, and you're telling me it's moved to the evening sky?!?! When I go to bed stupidly early, before it's dark out? 

[Brotoro]

It has been quite cloudy here recently, but this morning I got pictures of the comet. It has moved quite a bit since the 7th, and the tail direction has shifted. The sky conditions weren't as good on the 14th. Here are two comparison shots at the same scale (and a Moon photo for scale reference). Both are 8-second exposures (Nikon D-90, 300mm lens, ISO 1600, f/6.3).

Edited July 14, 2020 by Brotoro

[Entropian]

Nice.  Those are some good photos.  I've been stuck with cloudy skies nearly all week, unfortunately.

21 hours ago, KerbMav said:

But Jupiter is quite visible these days as well

We're at the Jovian opposition.

Edited July 14, 2020 by Entropian

[cubinator]

2 hours ago, Entropian said:

We're at the Jovian opposition.

Saturn will follow, and on December 21st or so they'll be practically touching!

[Entropian]

Clouds rolled in during the sunset.  Again.

I got some nice photos of Jupiter and Saturn though!

https://www.dropbox.com/s/7v413c6hm7pjuv0/Jupiter 14 July 2020.JPG

https://www.dropbox.com/s/uzepwv4m9owa7cf/Saturn 14 July 2020.JPG

[SuperFastJellyfish]

37 minutes ago, Entropian said:

Clouds rolled in during the sunset.  Again.

I got some nice photos of Jupiter and Saturn though!

https://www.dropbox.com/s/7v413c6hm7pjuv0/Jupiter 14 July 2020.JPG

https://www.dropbox.com/s/uzepwv4m9owa7cf/Saturn 14 July 2020.JPG

Nice images.  What's your setup?

[cubinator]

Clear view tonight! I saw about 2 degrees of tail clearly, but it looked like 3-4 might be seen from a really dark location. Easily visible to my eye with the coma arcing away from the sun. My first comet! I had a very Kerbal thought while contemplating the nature of the coma: I wonder what it tastes like!  

[Brotoro]

I have seen the comet in both morning and evening sky today. Here's some evening pictures:

We had trouble with clouds. I spotted the head with binoculars when it was still fairly light out, but then it went behind a cloud that just followed it down for a while. But it finally came out the bottom of the cloud. Nikon D-90, 300 mm, ISO 1600, f/6.3, 8 second exposure:

And below here's another 8-second exposure with an airplane flying through the picture...

Below is a 30-second exposure, trying to get more tail. And another airplane photo-bombing:

And next we have a comet-set sequence (30-second exposures)...

[Brotoro]

36 minutes ago, cubinator said:

Clear view tonight! I saw about 2 degrees of tail clearly, but it looked like 3-4 might be seen from a really dark location. Easily visible to my eye with the coma arcing away from the sun. My first comet! I had a very Kerbal thought while contemplating the nature of the coma: I wonder what it tastes like!  

Congratulations on your first comet. May you have many more.

In my binoculars (7 x 50 that have a 7.2° field of view) I could easily see the tail filling 1/3 of the field (so about 2.4 degrees). But I could imagine seeing about half the field filled with tail.

[Guest]

Binoculars helped alot for our last view for now. So when we see it edited I will post it. Weather has gotten more in our favor so we will see what we get. 

1 hour ago, cubinator said:

Clear view tonight! I saw about 2 degrees of tail clearly, but it looked like 3-4 might be seen from a really dark location. Easily visible to my eye with the coma arcing away from the sun. My first comet! I had a very Kerbal thought while contemplating the nature of the coma: I wonder what it tastes like!  

It tastes like rock and ice 

You know what. Even though we didn't get great photos I am still impressed by comets. Seeing them with my own eyes give an amazing thought of wondor. I have learned more about comets this last week and previous week than I ever had in my whole life. Really cool objects

[cubinator]

9 hours ago, Brotoro said:

Congratulations on your first comet. May you have many more.

Thanks! 

 

8 hours ago, The Doodling Astronaut said:

It tastes like rock and ice 

Yeah but...there's like salt and sugar and stuff in it...you'd wonder if it actually tastes sweet, or like bread or something.

[Entropian]

12 hours ago, SuperFastJellyfish said:

Nice images.  What's your setup?

A Canon EOS 6D connected to a Vixen VM26OL via several extension tubes.

[Guest]

Canon EOS Rebel T6 with a 75-300mm lens

We traveled to the shore of a large lake (Great Salt Lake to be exact) to get this photo. And this is what we got. And I am actually okay with this photo. So that closes it for me.

Cool thing actually if you add a blue filter you get more tail

[Gargamel]

Going to Observatory Park tonight with the nephews to try to capture this sucker. 

[Vanamonde]

I have gone looking 3 nights in a row and seen nothing. The whole thing is a hoax, I say. 

[Nightside]

59 minutes ago, Vanamonde said:

I have gone looking 3 nights in a row and seen nothing. The whole thing is a hoax, I say. 

Same, I’ve looked mornings too. 

Edited July 15, 2020 by Nightside

[Guest]

1 hour ago, Vanamonde said:

I have gone looking 3 nights in a row and seen nothing. The whole thing is a hoax, I say. 

Felt the same TBH at first. Look with binoculars! It helps a lot. Also using a star tracker help us know where to look

2 hours ago, Gargamel said:

Going to Observatory Park tonight with the nephews to try to capture this sucker. 

**Jealous noises intensifies**

[StrandedonEarth]

Unfortunately, I live in a townhouse complex, where all the garages are flanked by two lights hardwired to be permanently on. It makes stepping outside and viewing faint objects... challenging. No luck so far. I may have to force myself to leave for work early (earlier than 4:15am) to find a dark spot before pre-dawn really gets going. If it's even still visible then. Unfortunately, at this time of year, I'd really like to be asleep before it gets really dark out, so evening viewing is not much of an option....

Edited July 15, 2020 by StrandedonEarth

[Guest]

9 hours ago, cubinator said:

Yeah but...there's like salt and sugar and stuff in it...you'd wonder if it actually tastes sweet, or like bread or something.

Salt adds a punch of flavor. So I would bet it would taste like some kind of bitter cake

Just now, StrandedonEarth said:

Unfortunately, I live in a townhouse complex, where all the garages are flanked by two lights hardwired to be permanently on. It makes stepping outside and viewing faint objects... challenging. No luck so far. I may have to force myself to leave for work early (earlier than 4:15am) to find a dark spot before pre-dawn really gets going. If it's even still visible then. Unfortunately, at this time of year, I'd really like to be asleep before it gets really dark out...

It is no longer great to see in the morning and has become more of an evening comet now. I live in a simmilar situation where all the light pollution stacks in the valley. So I traveled out of town to view yesterday

ALSO MAKE SURE YOU BRING BUG SPRAY IF YOU HEAD TO A LAKE!!!!! YOUR HANDS WILL BE COVERED IN RED DOTS THAT ARE EXTREMELY ITCHY!!!

I would actually show you a pic but it's gross

[Guest]

Wisdom from me. No joke, Binoculars are nukes

 

My binoculars are a 12x25 with a Field of 4.8 degrees and 84m/1000m

Edited July 15, 2020 by Guest

[aspacecephalopod]

Caught it last night! 300mm/f4 full frame, 2 second exposure, ISO 12800. Also looked awesome through 12x36 and 20x50 binoculars.

Also, some Starlink sats crossed the frame during this shot but I kind of like having them in the frame too You can just barely see the second tail. I'm going to have to go farther out of town soon and try again...

Edited July 16, 2020 by aspacecephalopod

[Guest]

Changed our settings and got some beautiful shots last night. We are thinking about heading out of town again with the better settings

Conditions are also clearing up so we will get a few more chances to photograph

1 hour ago, aspacecephalopod said:

Also, some Starlink sats crossed the frame during this shot but I kind of like having them in the frame too You can just barely see the second tail. I'm going to have to go farther out of town soon and try again...

Nice! What camera

Edited July 16, 2020 by Guest