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Comet Neowise
Last Saturday night (7/18/20)
I'd previously pent a couple of nights at home looking for it, but finally decided to drive ~20 minutes west to get some distance on our light pollution for darker skies. I found that the shot I like the best was before it really got completely dark, with my shorter telephoto: http://huntzinger.com/photo/2020/Neowise_portrait.jpg On spotting, take & use binoculars; its brightness was low enough such that I could *not* spot this by the naked eye, probably due to the triple-whammy of old eyes, local light pollution, old eyes and it just not being all that bright of an object. Did have some cloud cover roll in to obscure it for 10-15 minutes, which of course occurred just after I'd finished with my one telephoto and was swapping to the longer lens. -hh |
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Comet Neowise
To: -hh
http://huntzinger.com/photo/2020/Neowise_portrait.jpg On spotting, take & use binoculars; its brightness was low enough such that I could *not* spot this by the naked eye, probably due to the triple-whammy of old eyes, local light pollution, old eyes and it just not being all that bright of an object. Great shoot, I when more up north this weekend too hoping to see it, but I didn't bring a camera :-( ( well my iPhone actually https://www.instagram.com/p/CCxFdtenbnR/ but does it count? ;-) ) And I've spotted it with my naked eyes, but you really need to know where to look and expect it to be very faith. This it's that now it's getting away to it will go dimmer, i guess in a few day it's going to be it unless you use a telescope. --- Synchronet 3.18a-Linux NewsLink 1.113 MtlGeek - Geeks in Montreal - http://mtlgeek.com/ |
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Comet Neowise
On 21/07/2020 16:26, Ennev wrote:
Â*To: -hh http://huntzinger.com/photo/2020/Neowise_portrait.jpg On spotting, take & use binoculars; its brightness was low enough such that I could *not* spot this by the naked eye, probably due to the triple-whammy of old eyes, local light pollution, old eyes and it just not being all that bright of an object. Great shoot, I when more up north this weekend too hoping to see it, but I didn't bring a camera :-( ( well my iPhone actually https://www.instagram.com/p/CCxFdtenbnR/ but does it count? ;-) ) And I've spotted it with my naked eyes, but you really need to know where to look and expect it to be very faith. This it's that now it's getting away to it will go dimmer, i guess in a few day it's going to be it unless you use a telescope. --- Synchronet 3.18a-Linux NewsLink 1.113 MtlGeek - Geeks in Montreal - http://mtlgeek.com/ https://1drv.ms/u/s!AgWUVp-GofSYjTbaKSrAOVqBvUfo XT-3, 100-400 at 100, 5 seconds at ISO 6400 and f/4.3. I have a series of images to stack, but have not had time yet. Next time it is clear I will be going out with the 90mm f/2. |
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Comet Neowise
On Jul 21, 2020, hh wrote
(in ): Last Saturday night (7/18/20) I'd previously pent a couple of nights at home looking for it, but finally decided to drive ~20 minutes west to get some distance on our light pollution for darker skies. I found that the shot I like the best was before it really got completely dark, with my shorter telephoto: http://huntzinger.com/photo/2020/Neowise_portrait.jpg On spotting, take & use binoculars; its brightness was low enough such that I could *not* spot this by the naked eye, probably due to the triple-whammy of old eyes, local light pollution, old eyes and it just not being all that bright of an object. No real problem with light pollution around me, but it was still barely visible to me. In fact, I had to look away from it for my eyes to pick it up. I didn’t even bother grabbing a camera. Even if I could have gotten a good shot, it would be one of a few billion, I suppose. Your photo came out well. |
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Comet Neowise
On 21/07/2020 16.26, -hh wrote:
Last Saturday night (7/18/20) I'd previously pent a couple of nights at home looking for it, but finally decided to drive ~20 minutes west to get some distance on our light pollution for darker skies. I found that the shot I like the best was before it really got completely dark, with my shorter telephoto: http://huntzinger.com/photo/2020/Neowise_portrait.jpg Are you shooting N-E and dawn, or west and sunset? I ask, because here it is only visible just before dawn. In a few days we expect to see it at 22:30 hours (20:30 hours solar time). -- Cheers, Carlos. |
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Comet Neowise
To: Carlos E.R.
I ask, because here it is only visible just before dawn. In a few days we expect to see it at 22:30 hours (20:30 hours solar time). In north-america it's now visible in the early evening under the Big Dipper. Magnitude 6 and under a perfect dark sky human eyes can see up to 8, so it's very faith and it will get dimmer Just found this link : https://earthsky.org/space/how-to-se...020-f3-neowise --- Synchronet 3.18a-Linux NewsLink 1.113 MtlGeek - Geeks in Montreal - http://mtlgeek.com/ |
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Comet Neowise
On 21/07/2020 18:30, Bill W wrote:
[] No real problem with light pollution around me, but it was still barely visible to me. In fact, I had to look away from it for my eyes to pick it up. I didn’t even bother grabbing a camera. Even if I could have gotten a good shot, it would be one of a few billion, I suppose. Your photo came out well. You're lucky! Lot's of light pollution here in Edinburgh, but the Pixel 3 phone has an "astro-photography" mode which gave something. Hardly visible to the naked eye, averted vision helped a little. https://twitter.com/gm8arv/status/1284807763370090496 -- Cheers, David Web: http://www.satsignal.eu |
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Comet Neowise
On 21/07/2020 22.43, Ennev wrote:
Â*To: Carlos E.R. I ask, because here it is only visible just before dawn. In a few days we expect to see it at 22:30 hours (20:30 hours solar time). In north-america it's now visible in the early evening under the Big Dipper. Magnitude 6 and under a perfect dark sky human eyes can see up to 8, so it's very faith and it will get dimmer Thanks. That figures. Just found this link : https://earthsky.org/space/how-to-se...020-f3-neowise Pity that the google Sky Map doesn't have it. Stellarium does, but needs a computer. The laptop is more cumbersome than the phone to carry. -- Cheers, Carlos. |
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Comet Neowise
On Jul 22, 2020, Carlos E.R. wrote
(in article ): On 21/07/2020 22.43, Ennev wrote: To: Carlos E.R. I ask, because here it is only visible just before dawn. In a few days we expect to see it at 22:30 hours (20:30 hours solar time). In north-america it's now visible in the early evening under the Big Dipper. Magnitude 6 and under a perfect dark sky human eyes can see up to 8, so it's very faith and it will get dimmer Thanks. That figures. Just found this link : https://earthsky.org/space/how-to-se...020-f3-neowise Pity that the google Sky Map doesn't have it. Stellarium does, but needs a computer. The laptop is more cumbersome than the phone to carry. Here is the info for this morning on *SkyGuide* on my iPad, from my location in California. An iPad is not too cumbersome. https://www.dropbox.com/s/i01aqj1cduxggwl/IMG_4668.PNG -- Regards, Savageduck |
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Comet Neowise
On 22/07/2020 13.33, Savageduck wrote:
On Jul 22, 2020, Carlos E.R. wrote (in article ): On 21/07/2020 22.43, Ennev wrote: To: Carlos E.R. I ask, because here it is only visible just before dawn. In a few days we expect to see it at 22:30 hours (20:30 hours solar time). In north-america it's now visible in the early evening under the Big Dipper. Magnitude 6 and under a perfect dark sky human eyes can see up to 8, so it's very faith and it will get dimmer Thanks. That figures. Just found this link : https://earthsky.org/space/how-to-se...020-f3-neowise Pity that the google Sky Map doesn't have it. Stellarium does, but needs a computer. The laptop is more cumbersome than the phone to carry. Here is the info for this morning on *SkyGuide* on my iPad, from my location in California. An iPad is not too cumbersome. https://www.dropbox.com/s/i01aqj1cduxggwl/IMG_4668.PNG Apple products are way too expensive for my liking. I have a laptop of about that size, anyway. -- Cheers, Carlos. |
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