NEOWISE, brightest comet in decades visible through July

[Wisebass]

hi hbarcat

Cool thread! I like everything 'wise'

"Neowise"

Photo taken in Normandy (France)

greetings

Wise(b)ass

 

[Wisebass]

Aggghhhhh! it's a sign!!! We're Doomed!! hehe hehe

HBO should better dispose of safely their stuff once they finish a show!


Wise

 

[Winslow]

is it like that to the eye or photoshop composition or someone photographing with telescope a mile away from Stonehenge?

It's been processed (most astrophotography is), but it looks more like zoom compression to me than compositing.

Here's the pic entry at NASA's astrophoto site: APOD: 2020 July 14 - Comet NEOWISE over Stonehenge

Since the photographer has his 'gram locked down to members only, you'll have to find someone with a login to see if he posted any technical details about it.

If you do an image search on "NEOWISE Stonehenge," you can see a variety of other pictures similar to this one for comparison. In some, the shots are a bit wider, which makes it more apparent that there's zoom compression at work in others.

Comet Photographed Streaking Across Night Sky Over Stonehenge

Moment Comet Neowise streaks across the night sky over Stonehenge - rinconmistico

Incidentally, here's another good map from that last site linked above. This one is more applicable to the UK, for our cousins across the pond:

 

[hbarcat]

is it like that to the eye or photoshop composition or someone photographing with telescope a mile away from Stonehenge?

The Stonehenge pic is enhanced to make the comet look brighter and also it's long zoom lens which makes it appear larger than what you'd see by eye.

But most of the other pictures posted here are pretty much as you'd see it.

 

[RayWithFlats]

The Stonehenge pic is enhanced to make the comet look brighter and also it's long zoom lens which makes it appear larger than what you'd see by eye.

But most of the other pictures posted here are pretty much as you'd see it.

I assumed as much. I haven't seen NEOWISE yet, a combination of bad weather and an obscured view to the north, but I remember Hale-Bopp looking even bigger than that so I knew it was possible. Thanks all for the clarification.

 

[hbarcat]

I assumed as much. I haven't seen NEOWISE yet, a combination of bad weather and an obscured view to the north, but I remember Hale-Bopp looking even bigger than that so I knew it was possible. Thanks all for the clarification.

Hale Bopp was bigger and brighter. Give Neowise a few more days to move away from the sun and it will be a lot easier to see.

 

[SubHuman]

Hale Bopp was bigger and brighter. Give Neowise a few more days to move away from the sun and it will be a lot easier to see.

Yes we're excited to see it! Hoping it will be high enough in the sky and the weather cooperates here in Northern Ohio! The universe is an awe inspiring reminder how tiny and fragile the earth really is in our universe! Hoping mankind can start realizing we're lucky to even exist and start treating each other as something special and lucky to enjoy our existstence together. Thank you for making us aware of this awe inspiring comet!
TB'ers are the best!

 

[hbarcat]

Taken from Seattle. This image fairly well represents what you'll actually see just looking at the sky.

 

[Stewie26]

I have an excellent northwest view of the sky from my house which is situated near the top of a hill. Unfortunately, the past few nights the view has been obstructed from the Pacific marine layer. I have my camera ready and hopefully I will be able to get some photos over the next five days or so. Got to say, I love this type of stuff.

 

[nutdog]

In 86 I was a sophomore in college and drove two hours to get out of the city lights to see Haley's, consuming a large amount of whiskey in the process, then returned to the dorm to make a drunken spectacle in expressing my exuberance at successfully accomplishing a once in a lifetime mission.

In 2020 I can't stay awake until 10 to go out and look.

 

[S-Bigbottom]

Took These photos last night.
Just my Iphone 11 with the shutter set for 10 seconds.

The International Space Station also graced us with a fly over.
Though it is just a dash in the photo.

Then a visit from a UFO from the horizon.
Zoomed 4x.

(a plane passing through but with the shutter open for ten seconds it made an alien aircraft.)

 

[hbarcat]

I finally saw Neowise last night. Unfortunately we were just outside of the city of DeKalb, with about 50,000 people in the area. The sky glow damped out a lot of stars and the comet was really faint. Still, I was impressed with the size of the tail.

Hopefully the weather will cooperate and I can get to a darker location in the next few nights.

 

[RayWithFlats]

I finally saw Neowise last night. Unfortunately we were just outside of the city of DeKalb, with about 50,000 people in the area. The sky glow damped out a lot of stars and the comet was really faint. Still, I was impressed with the size of the tail.

Hopefully the weather will cooperate and I can get to a darker location in the next few nights.

Still waiting for the weather to play ball here, too. Hope to see it soon but in the meantime thanks for all the pics in this thread.

 

[S-Bigbottom]

Two more from the next day. (last night)
Iphone 11 shutter set to 10 seconds. Next picture zoomed 4x with the 10 second shutter.

 

[hbarcat]

^^^ Very nice !

Not trying to get too fancy, but I'd be interested to see those pix with a little bit of digital enhancement, like taking some of the light pollution from the sky color and maybe playing with the contrast/brightness.

I know that's blasphemy to purists, but I still think it's cool what can be done with digital processing and astronomical images.

 

[S-Bigbottom]

^^^ Very nice !

Not trying to get too fancy, but I'd be interested to see those pix with a little bit of digital enhancement, like taking some of the light pollution from the sky color and maybe playing with the contrast/brightness.

I know that's blasphemy to purists, but I still think it's cool what can be done with digital processing and astronomical images.

Will try and fiddle with it later. The sky was black at the time of the shot it just lets in so much lite my night looks like day. Moon shots always look like the sun no matter how short the shutter speed.

 

[hbarcat]

Will try and fiddle with it later. The sky was black at the time of the shot it just lets in so much lite my night looks like day. Moon shots always look like the sun no matter how short the shutter speed.

The night sky is notoriously difficult to make look right in astrophotography. Everyone expects the sky to look completely black but in pictures it looks either some shade of brownish gray or deep mauve or even an ugly deep dark green.

When I was using film it was just something I put up with. Now that everything is digital, I can just make a few mouse clicks in my image editing program and it's miraculously fixed.

 

[mrpackerguy]

From my backyard in Verona (Madison) WI tonight

 

[hbarcat]

^^^ Beautiful!

I like the jet trails below.

Living just west of Chicago (O'Hare airport) I can't take a picture of the night sky without a pile of jets showing up in the image.

 

[CatOnTheBass]

Meow meow Neowise