Comet Neowise F3
in the morning sky
July 12, 2020

 

            
 The comet
            continues to show increasing levels of details. Now the blue
            ion gas tail is clearly separated from the yellowish dust component.
            Syncrhonic bands can just be seen in the dust tail as linear
            streaking. The gas tail has knots and condensations. Over all,
            the comet appeared dimmer this morning, the bright central condensation
            was harder to see. The tail however at the point the comet was
            rising over the Rim had at least 15 degrees in length.

            
The first image
            is with a 150mm f/2.8 Sigma Macro pro grade macro lens, and is
            a total exposure time of 9 minutes. The second image was with
            the Canon 10D and a 17mm f/4 on a stationary tripod.



            

            
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9 minute
            exposure total time.

            
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            here for a larger 1290 tall image


            
 


            
15 second
            total exposure time.



Lens:  Sigma 150mm f/2.8 Macro
Platform:  Meade LDX5
Camera: Canon XTI and Conon 10D
Exposure:  30s x 18 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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