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Below the Bear

C/2020 F3 NEOWISE

This surprise comet was discovered on 23-Mar-2020 by NASA's Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE). Perihelion (closest approach to the sun) was on July 3rd, just outside the orbit of Mercury, and It's closest approach to Earth will be on July 23rd. A faint 2nd tail (gas/ion/plasma -tail) is just visible above and left of the main dust tail.

Although the coment was still visible to the naked eye when the above image was acquired, it was noticeable dimmer than my 1st observation on the early morning of 13-July. In the predawn skies, it's long tail stood out prominently below Cappella - with Venus and Aldebaran in conjunction to the East.

Although I considered cropping out the tree tops from the bottom, in the end, I liked the sense of scale they added. The constellation Ursa Major (The Bear) is off the fame just above Comet Neowise

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20200715 - Newtown, PA
D5500 - Nikon 100mm E-series @f4
91s @100iso
iOptron SkyGuider
Affinity Photo

13.4x8.9 deg FOW
5.5-6 deg tail length

Plate solved

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Taken in: United States / Pennsylvania / Newtown Township / Newtown Grant (show map)

Taken on: July 15, 2020

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C/2020 F3 NEOWISE

comet

Neowise

ion tail

dust tail

gas tail

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Camera: Nikon D5500, f/0, 91.3 sec, 0mm, ISO 100 (more info) (hide info)

Camera:	Nikon D5500
Lens:	0mm f/0
Aperture:	f/0
Exposure Time:	91.3
Focal Length:	0mm
ISO:	100
Exposure Bias:	-2 EV
Flash:	Off, Did not fire
Exposure Program:	Manual
Exposure Mode:	Manual
Metering Mode:	Center-weighted average
White Balance:	Manual
Light Source:	Fine Weather
Color Space:	sRGB
Software:	NIKON D5500 Ver.1.01
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