Comets

Aug 7, 20211 min read

Comet C/2020 PV6 PANSTARRS

Imaged on August 4, 2021, this comet will reach perihelion (point in orbit closest to the sun) on September 25, 2021 and has a 270 year...

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Aug 8, 20201 min read

C/2020 F3 NEOWISE, M53 and NGC5053

Comet C/2020 F3 NEOWISE with Globular Star Cluster M53 to the right and Globular Star Cluster NGC5053 in the comet’s dust tail. Also in...

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Jul 30, 20201 min read

Farewell C/2020 F3 NEOWISE

Farewell Comet C/2020 F3 NEOWISE. See you in 6,800 years on your next pass around the sun. This was an exciting month of imaging and...

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Jul 23, 20201 min read

Comet NEOWISE

Comet C/2020 F3 NEOWISE through a Pentax 200mm lens and the ZWO ASI294mc-pro on an iOptron Sky Guider Pro Mount. I captured this image...

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Jul 17, 20201 min read

C/2020 F3 NEOWISE and meteor

Here is Comet C/2020 F3 EOWISE at 200mm focal length with a small meteor passing in the frame. Imaged with the Canon T5i and the Pentax 2...

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Jul 16, 20201 min read

Comet NEOWISE

Comet C/2020 F3 NEOWISE is now an evening comet putting on a great show after sunset. At my location, Upstate New York, at Latitude 44, I...

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Jul 9, 20201 min read

Comet C/2020 F3 NEOWISE

This morning at 3:30 AM, I met my buddy Mike Carter, and we imaged Comet C/2020 F3 NEOWISE from a field on a hilltop in Peru, New York. I...

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Jul 6, 20202 min read

Comet C/2020 F3 NEOWISE

Finally! A naked eye comet in the morning sky. Comet C/2020 F3 NEOWISE was discovered in March 27, 2020, by the NEOWISE (Wide-Field Infra...

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Mar 28, 20201 min read

Comet C/2019 Y4 ATLAS

Here is my capture of Comet C/2019 Y4 ATLAS with the tail really starting to show. Captured with the Celestron 9.25” EdgeHD+Hyperstar,...

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