wacky1980 Posted July 17, 2020 Share Posted July 17, 2020 pretty cool comet hanging out on the northwest horizon after sunset for the next few days. anyone gone out to see NEOWISE yet? tonight's been the first night i could actually find it, and i was surprised to be able to see it without the help of magnification. i snapped a quick/dirty pic of it with my phone: if we get another good evening look at it over the weekend / early next week, i'll have to break out the scope and get a clean shot of it. yay, astro-nerd me is happy af right now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
new_disease Posted July 17, 2020 Share Posted July 17, 2020 As much as I really want to I don't think i'll be able to see ti, too much light pollution here 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wacky1980 Posted July 17, 2020 Author Share Posted July 17, 2020 26 minutes ago, new_disease said: As much as I really want to I don't think i'll be able to see ti, too much light pollution here it's not easy to see without light pollution, unless you have some binoculars or a scope. i got a camera mount for my 130mm reflector scope a little while back, and this will be the first time i break it out. should pull some good pics of this comet if i get enough time to focus on the task. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
resurrected Posted July 17, 2020 Share Posted July 17, 2020 We live in the swamp where you have to pipe daylight in here. Disco has been out every night trying to see this damn thing. No luck so far. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
new_disease Posted July 17, 2020 Share Posted July 17, 2020 3 minutes ago, wacky1980 said: it's not easy to see without light pollution, unless you have some binoculars or a scope. i got a camera mount for my 130mm reflector scope a little while back, and this will be the first time i break it out. should pull some good pics of this comet if i get enough time to focus on the task. I didn't know that. I'll give it a shot and look for it then. I just figured I wouldnt be able to see it so why bother Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wacky1980 Posted July 17, 2020 Author Share Posted July 17, 2020 we got lucky on its location. from our front yard, you only have to look NW over the top of the neighbor's house and between a couple trees. once i found it, i couldn't believe how obvious it was. i tried getting better pics with my phone, but it got too dark for it to find and focus in. the next few days will be better because i'll be prepared and it will be a little higher in the sky every night. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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