Comet Neowise F3
in the morning sky
July 7, 2020

 
 The
            Comet has doubled its length this morning, rising around 3:50
            am. The tail came up first, and I was able to lock onto the horizon
            early enough to get this shot in. This is with the 6 inch f/3.6
            schmidt Newtonian and reveals what appears to be a more symetrical
            tail. The comet was about 4 degrees long visually in the binoculars.
            Finally, I grabbed the Star Analyzer diffraction grating and
            took a look at the nucleus. I was pretty sure I was able to see
            a yello sodium band, thus the yellow color explained.


            
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Field here
            is about 1.5 x 2 degrees


Lens:  Meade Cometracker 6" f/3/6 Schmidt Newtonian with MPCC coma corrector
Platform:  Meade LDX5
Camera: Canon XTI
Exposure:  10 seconds  
Location:  Payson, Arizona
Elevation:  5150 ft.
Sky:  Seeing  4/10, Transparency 4/10
Outside Temperature:  65F
Processing Tools:  Maxim DL, Photoshop CS2
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