The calamitous Comet thread

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I've just discovered there's a new comet messing around in space. It's called Neowise and we can see it from Earth, in the sky, right now.

How come I've not heard about this until now?

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Here is my artist's impression of it:

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[Zarniwoop]

If you have a clear Northern horizon you can see the Comet right now, just been looking, visible with the naked eye, too low for me to get a tripod shot but it is the brightest comet I have ever seen.

[Zarniwoop]

Couple of Comet pics, very low on horizon through a gap in the trees with 55mm lens, it will get higher in the sky as the week goes on so hopefully if the weather stays good I will try with a proper mount and a longer lens.
I seem to have a very noisy CCD so the dots are not stars.

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[Fangirl Three]

God damnit, I had a lovely clear sky last night and I didn't bother to go out and look.

I haven't seen a good comet since Hale-Bopp.

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I tried to have a look but it was cloudy.

[Zarniwoop]

It's the best one that I have seen and I go back to Kahoutek in 1973.
Will have a go with a bigger lens set up tonight, or I will try but you know it will be cloudy for the rest of the week.

[Zarniwoop]

I tried to have a look but it was cloudy.

[Fangirl Three]

I've just seen the comet! With my 10x50 binoculars, by drawing a line from delta to beta Ursa Majoris and following it down towards the horizon.

The tail appears about 1½-2 degrees long and streams just to the east of straight up.

I can just about see it with the naked eye once I've found it in the binoculars.

[Fangirl Three]

I've just seen the comet! With my 10x50 binoculars, by drawing a line from delta to beta Ursa Majoris and following it down towards the horizon.

The tail appears about 1½-2 degrees long and streams just to the east of straight up.

I can just about see it with the naked eye once I've found it in the binoculars.

It's the second best comet I've seen - Halley was much fainter if I really saw it at all, and Hale-Bopp was miles better, that looked like a comet to the naked eye with much less effort.

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[Zarniwoop]

Pics from Friday night, much fainter than a few days ago.

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There's a mega-comet on its way.

https://twitter.com/weatherindia/status/1443220120352935937

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https://twitter.com/redditSpacePorn/status/1479035525247946754

Warning, footage has been speeded-up.

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I've just heard there's a green comet in the sky.

And we can see it!

[Nightjar]

What do get if you cross an egg with a meteor?

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