Comet Neowise above Lake Vyrnwy, Wales

[Bigfoot 9907]

A happy accident! I was expecting a cloudy Welsh night, so to capture the movement of the clouds, I placed my canon dslr camera on a tripod and positioned it above Lake Vyrnwy and took 15 second exposures with a delay of 5 seconds, thus creating a time lapse covering about 2 hours. To my pleasant surprise, 28 seconds in to the timelapse the clouds opened up and Comet Neowise suddenly popped in to view. I assumed our celestial visitor would have been closer to the horizon and hence not visible from my location. But nice to have captured it with a normal camera and tripod. BTW, a couple of shooting stars are also visible, if you can spot them

Also, does anyone know the bortle scale of lake Vyrnwy? The clear dark skies appear darker than anywhere else i've been to including Kielder forest.

[Kimboman]

I visit north Wales regular  but not at the moment the Skys are fantastic and I have seen the best Persids ever from this location

[laser_jock99]

Bortle 2-3 I'd say.

[Bigfoot 9907]

@laser_jock99 Many thanks.