Comet C/2020 F3 NEOWISE
Taken by Michael Mattiazzo on June 10, 2020 @
Swan Hill, Australia
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Pushing the limits of comet observing.
I had to go mobile on this one to find a clear horizon.
This image of comet C/2020 F3 (NEOWISE) was taken on 2020 June 10 at 08:30UT
Using a Celestron C11 RASA f/2.2 on a Skywatcher AZEQ6 mount and Canon 6D camera, 4x30sec combined exposure.
The comets solar elongation was a mere 21 degrees!
The comets altitude above local horizon was 5 degrees.
My approximate visual estimate was 6.8 using 15x70mm binoculars.
The well condensed coma was 4’ wide. Tail length on image = >40' in PA 149.
Heliocentric distance = 0.72AU
Earth distance = 1.56AU
Hopefully the comet will survive perihelion and be a case of third time lucky for northern hemisphere observers.
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