Comet Neowise F3
in the morning sky
July 8, 2020

 
 The
            comet continues to increase dramatically in size each day, here
            I was able to see 8 degrees of tail visually, and more in binoculars.
            The strong yellow coloration continues caused by a dusty tail
            with traces of sodium lines in the spectrum. A faint gas tail
            on the left side (north) is starting to appear now.
 

            
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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:  30 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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