NGC1023

Wonderful to look at the many brilliant pictures posted in this thread - many thanks for posting! Up here at 60 deg N I get some consolation to read that we all have to cope with a common challenge; poor weather. Our bright summer nights, plus the location low in the northern sky doesn't improve conditions for observing this comet. Add a splendid display of noctilucent clouds, and observing C/2020 F3 becomes a real challenge . . . Last night I made another attempt at observing and photographing it. Nikon D200 at ISO 1600, 105mm prime lens at f2.5, one 1/2 sec exposure. Slight contrast/brightness editing in Photoshop to approximate what could be seen visually. 26 and 25 UMa above NEOWISE, and SAO43046 below and to the left. Lots of NLCs centered at NNE

A brief report from my current location at 60 deg N. Clouds have put a stop to my first attempt, the second was ruined by those newfangled NLCs, then tonight (July 10th, 01:30 middle European time zone) I managed to see it :-) Not an easy direct vision naked eye object to locate, due to the bright summer nights up here, the NLCs, and drifting normal clouds - but still impressive when I found it in my 7x35s. Picture taken with 105 mm f2.5 objective at 1/30 sec exposure (Nikon D200).