JULY 11TH - COMET NEOWISE AND MAGNIFICANT NOCTILUCENT CLOUD DISPLAY

[paulastro]

What a fantastic first view of Comet Neowise, and probably the best display I've ever seen of Noctilucent Clouds.  I was on site at Penistone Hill by midnight, and the comet was immediately visible.  For the first hour or so it played hide and seek with various amounts of low cloud, but after that the sky was mostly clear. At it's best around 2 am before the sky lightened very much when it was a beautiful naked eye view.  I first noticed the Noctilucent clouds about 2.14 am, a really magnificent display, my photos hardly do it credit.  The dancing tendrils of the luminous NCs was a sight to behold.  The photos are in the order I took them, and were taken from 2.09 to 3.23 am. The first and last were taken with my SW 72ED, and the others were with an  Olympus 25mm f1.8 lens and the Olympus E-M5 Mk11.  Visually I used the 72ED and my Nikon 10 x 50s.  I finally packed up and left the site at 4.20am.  What a night!

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Fozzie]

Cracking images..

[kev]

great pics

[Oldfort]

It was amazing to see both the comet and the noctilucent clouds.  Here's my view (unprocessed) from Greenwich.

 

 

Edited July 11, 2020 by Oldfort

[knightware2]

Wow! Both shots are stunning. Getting it above the London skyline is very impressive! Thanks for sharing.

- Phyllis

[happy-kat]

Love the wide field shots

[Pete Presland]

Stunning set of images, love the docklands shot as well.

[michael.h.f.wilkinson]

Really stunning images 

[BRADLEY 1953]

Really lovely images, particularly widefield views.