On the original images you can make out the faint ion tail, but processing for online purposes renders it more or less invisible. The ISS passed overhead before midnight to round things off nicely!
Saturday 18 July 2020
Comet Neowise: growing fainter, but longer!
The skies cleared about an hour after sunset here in Broadland, so I drove to the top of the Heath for another bash at the comet. Despite 'Heavens Above' claiming a magnitude of 1.4, it was nowhere near that bright: more like 3 or 4, IMHO. However, with 'averted gaze', the comet's tail was visibly longer - perhaps a couple of degrees.
On the original images you can make out the faint ion tail, but processing for online purposes renders it more or less invisible. The ISS passed overhead before midnight to round things off nicely!
On the original images you can make out the faint ion tail, but processing for online purposes renders it more or less invisible. The ISS passed overhead before midnight to round things off nicely!
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