Neowise

[wxsatuser]

Had to have a go at the comet and got a bonus of a satellite flare as well.
I knew the LP was going to be a problem but quite pleased.

Canon 6D MK2, EF 70-200mm f/2.8L IS II @ 70mm, f/4 ISO 800 with a 36sec exposure.
The whole lot on my Ioptron Skytracker Pro loosely polar aligned.

[Davey-T]

Nice image Mike, looks eerily like my view right down to the neighbours Yuka tree 😁

Dave

[wxsatuser]

Yer, had about an hour window then it went behind the yukka.

It's very bright naked eye even with the LP, best I have ever seen unaided.

[wxsatuser]

Checked other exposures and got a satellite right through the head.

Believe the sat is Resurs P3 a near 6tonne Russian imaging satellite.

[Davey-T]

Came into view here about two thirty, just about naked eye once located, still looking good in bins, just doing time lapse across the gap between the houses and the trees.

Dave

[wxsatuser]

What a sight it must be without the LP.

It's great to see so many having a go at the comet, first bit of AP that I have done in 2years.

Only thing, I found out there is another ruddy great floodlight on a house two doors away, lights
up several gardens. Think I'm sticking to my hamradio from now on the AP is a thing of the past. 🥴

[andy fearn]

Lovely image mike, what sort of time was that ?  I had a second try last night, much better than my first attempt. will have to try with star adventurer.

[wxsatuser]

Time of photos was approx 23:04 and 23:11 UTC.

I used my Star tracker as 70mm does'nt give very long before trailing.

I found it could track to easily 60secs without trails and just sighting Polaris in the hole.

[happy-kat]

I'm seeing the ionised tail split on my mobile so I'll look at your image later on the pc. Very nice.

[andy fearn]

Thanks for info mike. will give it a go.

clear skys.

[wxsatuser]

52 minutes ago, happy-kat said:

I'm seeing the ionised tail split on my mobile so I'll look at your image later on the pc. Very nice.

I could'nt wring anymore out of it with the LP, just to bright.

 

[Dave2]

Just thought I'd add yet another image of Neowise.  :--)

[BellP]

Haven't got a picture yet, but it is quite clearly visible to the naked eye, I can view it from SE Kent, looking North(ish) straight up the North Sea, oddly enough while trying to find it, I spotted a small but very bright meteor which kind of accidentally passed and kind of burnt out at the point that Neowise is visible, afterr that  just a scan across the general area with unaided eyes and the tail is fairly obvious, it does look good through my telescope and is my first comet viewing so really pleased. As a bonus the ISS flew overhead too(but more NW), it was a brilliant accidental vieiwng. I made a fumbling attempt to capture with my phone and telescope but that didn't work. I will try again very soon now I know where it is and use proper camera(stay away clouds).

[Bruce Leeroy]

2 hours ago, BellP said:

I spotted a small but very bright meteor

Would this be about 01:00 hrs? If so I seen it in binos and it was jaw dropping for me

[BellP]

Yes, it was around about that time(if memory serves me), it was very bright, also early this morning(22/7) looking at the comet through some 10x25 binos(I always have them at hand) the comet looks quite impressive(although I will get the 15x70s on it, which should be great I imagine), that would also be about 1-2am, there were some neighbouring garden lights on so the LP was a bit problematic.

[StevieA]

I had poor luck with NEOWISE due to generally cloudy skies. So I took a punt last week (23/7), setting up a camera pointing to where I thought the comet would be, and was lucky when the clouds dispersed for a few minutes, and got a bunch of 15 second exposures!

[Ouroboros]

That’s a rather dramatic image! 

[StevieA]

It was pretty much grab it while I could!