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Close-up of Comet NEOWISE
Released date: Sep 19, 2020
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Brief Description
The comet NEOWISE (C/2020F3) discovered on Mar 27, 2020 reached a maximum brightness of 1st magnitude in July 2020.
This image captured the comet with 2nd mag. after moved to evening northwest sky, shows a thin blued ion tail stretched above a white dust tail.
Additionally, this image shows an extraordinary dimmed blue composition behind the ion tail; there is a possibility to be a sodium tail.
The image has been displayed by turning the celestial north direction to right.
Photography Condition
Date & Time... Jul 19 2020, from 20:27 to 20:50 JST(+0900)
12 shots composed with 2min.exposed
Optical... TAKAHASHI 16cm(6.3") epsilon (f=530mm, F3.3)
with IDAS LPS-D1 Light-pollution suppression filter
Auto-guided with TAKAHASHI EM-200 Equatorial
Digital Camera... Canon EOS 6D (Remodeled)
(ISO1600, recorded in 14bit CCD-RAW)
Location... Hitachi-oota city, Ibaraki pref.
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