Crop (from 12 Jul 2020)
8 July 2020
11 July 2020
12 July 2020
| OBJECT |
Comet C/2020 F3 (NEOWISE) (images above are reduced-size | other sizes: Click images) |
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| Telescope | None | |
| Mount | Normal tripod | |
| Camera | Canon T3i, Canon 18-135mm / Canon 55-250mm | |
| Filters | None | |
| Guider | Unguided | |
| Settings | 8
July: Single frame, 8sec, iso400,
135mm; 11 July: Single frame, 2sec, iso3200, @250mm; 12 July: 8x4sec, iso400, @250mm |
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| Date/Location Notes |
8, 11, 12 July 2020 - Las Cruces, NM This comet won't return again until over 6,800 years. Imaged the mornings of multiple days (approx 5am local, just before sunrise) - shot from my back yard in Las Cruces and looking over the Organ Mountains. For the very first observation, I saw it with the naked eye as it rose above the mountain peaks... it was amazing! (and I did not expect to be able to see it with just my eyes...so it blew me away) My original notes I wrote on 8 July: I saw it first with my eyes alone...so amazing! Then started taking the shots. I had taken many before this, thinking it might be dim... but when it finally rose above the Organs, was a neat surprise! |