July 11, 20205 yr ...the skies cleared up last night, and I got a glimpse of the NEOWISE comet - so out came the camera... I took the pictures at half past midnight looking almost straight due north. According to Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C/2020_F3_(NEOWISE) it will be back in about 6,800 years. Just in case you miss it this time 🙂 Cheers Mallard Edited July 11, 20205 yr by Mallard
July 11, 20205 yr Good for you mate! Cheers, Pierre Pierre I9 14900K 5.5 64gb ram 6800 RTX5090 Asus Strix Gaming E
July 11, 20205 yr 34 minutes ago, Mallard said: ...the skies cleared up last night, and I got a glimpse of the NEOWISE comet - so out came the camera... I took the pictures at half past midnight looking almost straight due north. According to Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C/2020_F3_(NEOWISE) it will be back in about 6,800 years. Just in case you miss it this time 🙂 Cheers Mallard Very nice Pic's. Thanks for the schedule and I put it in my desktop calendar. I will be watching for it when it comes back in a "few" years! LOL Sam Prepar3D V5.3/[email protected]/EVGA 3080 TI/1000W PSU/Windows 10/40" 4K Samsung@3840x2160/ASP3D/ASCA/ORBX/ ChasePlane/General Aviation/Honeycomb Alpha+Bravo/MFG Rudder Pedals/
July 12, 20205 yr It looks bigger than it was when last seen here. And a bit brighter too. Intel 10700K @ 5.1Ghz, Asus Hero Maximus motherboard, Noctua NH-U12A cooler, Corsair Vengeance Pro 32GB 3200 MHz RAM, RTX 2060 Super GPU, Cooler Master HAF 932 Tower, Thermaltake 1000W Toughpower PSU, Windows 10 Professional 64-Bit, 100TB of disk storage. Klaatu barada nickto.
July 13, 20205 yr Of course there is a comet ... It's 2020. It just means the crazy isn't over yet.. It's screaming.. "Wait.. There's More To Come!" Sheesh Ps; Really great picture.. Thank you! Edited July 13, 20205 yr by HawkDsl
July 13, 20205 yr 8 hours ago, W2DR said: It looks bigger than it was when last seen here. And a bit brighter too. It will not look as impressive as that with the naked eye. Maybe Mallard can let us know? Edited July 13, 20205 yr by Christopher Low Christopher Low AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D CPU / 64GB DDR5-6000 RAM / 12GB Nvidia RTX 4070 Super GPU / Gigabyte X870E Aorus Elite Wifi 7 / 1+2TB Samsung Evo Plus M2 Nvme UK2000 Beta Tester
July 13, 20205 yr Author Thanks for the comet-comments 😉 If I would believe in premonitions I'd probably go for the wise-men approach - I mean, hey, it's already in the name - instead of the harbinger of doom! I'm not sure how bright it looked last time, I wasn't around, 4,500 years ago... If you know where to look you will be able to see it with your naked eye as a star with a smudge (if you've ever spotted our neighbouring galaxy without any visual aid, 2.5 million light-year distant Andromeda, it's similar to that). But through a pair of binoculars you will easily get to see what is shown in the second picture. The first picture was taken with a 600mm telephoto lense, the second was snapped with a 150mm lense. I had to wait until enough light had faded from the sky to find it, it's really close to the horizon and in these parts (Ireland) it never really gets completely dark in summer. And, granted, in pictures with a a bit of a longer exposure (2.5 seconds for both) things in the sky will always look better... Cheers Mallard
July 13, 20205 yr Thanks, Mallard. I was referring to how bright it appears to the naked eye at this apparition! For the record, I have always been fascinated with comets, and I used to simulate their orbits on my home PC twenty years ago with a wonderful piece of software called Dance of the Planets (ARC Science Simulations). Christopher Low AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D CPU / 64GB DDR5-6000 RAM / 12GB Nvidia RTX 4070 Super GPU / Gigabyte X870E Aorus Elite Wifi 7 / 1+2TB Samsung Evo Plus M2 Nvme UK2000 Beta Tester
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