Fifth Night of the Comet: End of the Tail
I watched it and felt a sense of loss, that soon, this comet would never be seen by me or anyone else again for thousands of years.
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Computer Looking Up
Astronomy, and Computer Technology
Month: July 2020
Friday Night with Jupiter and Saturn
Continuing the series of images from this past Friday night were shots taken of Jupiter and Saturn.
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Interpretive Moon
Its early crescent was already low when dark fully settled, trapped within my western treeline.
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Midday Bicycle Break
A small break from the comet and stars and planets.
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Fourth Night of the Comet: Fun with NightCap
I tried an observation only since the sky had some patches of openness towards the Northwest.
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Third Night of Neowise: The Comet Made for a Dob
Of all the views I have seen myself so far of Neowise, the simple view from the Dob has been my favorite.
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Second Night of the Comet
Between my first sighting of C/2020 F3 on the 13th of July to my second sighting on the 16th was a period of unusable cloud cover.
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ISS Under the Dipper
In hindsight, this may have been a nice long-exposure NightCap image.
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Jupiter at Opposition, and Another Planet
A comet and two planets, not too bad for one night.
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First Spotting of a Comet
Tonight was the first time I ever saw a comet. I missed Halley’s as a kid in 1986.
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