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Neowise C/2020 F3 is the brightest comet appoaching Earth since Hale-Bopp in 1997.
However now it has moved from the NE morning sky to the NW evening sky and can be spotted better at darker conditions in about 20 degree altitude.
On July 18 the comet peaked at a northern declination of +48 and was circumpolar down to latitude 42N.
Its closest approach to Earth occurred on July 23, 2020, at a distance of 0.69 AU (103 million km).
The comet reached its closest apparition to the Sun a week ago and shined at a brightness of mag 1.
This time the visual appearance is much fainter than 10 days ago.
This passage increases the comet's orbital period from about 4400 years to about 6700 years.
Find a video showing the move of the comet hiding behind the Loser mountain here.
Technical Details
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Canon EF 200mm L, Canon 100mm, Sigma Art 14mm lenses
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Mount |
I-Optron Skytracker/font> |
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Camera |
Canon 6D at various ISO
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Date |
Jul 20, 2020 20h30-23h UT. |
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Location |
Tressenstein/Altaussee/Austria at 1200m elevation |
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Sky Conditions |
late dusk sky, good transparency, temperature 12 C |
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Exposure |
see images above |
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Processing |
Image preprocessing by Adobe DNG Converter
further processing in Photoshop CS5; |
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