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Is this comet NEOWISE?


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I put a red circle around the object I think to be comet NEOWISE? The image was taken on the 26th ‎July ‎2020 at ‏‎01:08 UTC (02:08 BST) from Leicestershire, England. (The 3 images below are the same image but cropped differently).

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It's a shame that comet NEOWISE has become more difficult to find, about 72 hours before I took this image it was just about still visible to the naked eye from my location. That said it was still the best and brightest comet I can vividly remember seeing.

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It was spectacular for around 12 days which is better than any other comet has been for the past 20 years or so. It probably deserves a quiet patch for around 6,700 years to recuperate :smiley:

Congratulations on getting it.

 

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Thank you for the replies, it did help clarify my question.

 

9 hours ago, John said:

It was spectacular for around 12 days which is better than any other comet has been for the past 20 years or so. It probably deserves a quiet patch for around 6,700 years to recuperate

I spoke too soon it's still a rather nice target for binoculars and telescopes.


I was able to take these images tonight:

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