Starlog July 19th, 2020, 9:58 p.m. local time
The evening following my previous comet sighting was one of stifling air and binoculars that would instantaneously fog up. I tried an observation only since the sky had some patches of openness towards the Northwest. In the end, it was just too difficult to locate even stars.
The next night, however, was far nicer. Since I had already photographed the comet by digital camera and directly at the telescope, I decided to try simply with my iPhone and NightCap (and a tripod). It is a very easy setup, and you effectively let the NightCap app do all the work. The above picture was taken in “stars” mode, and post-processed in PaintShop Pro. The Big Dipper centers the image, with comet Neowise near the bottom center.
You can see a rainbow-ish lens flare in the upper left. That was likely from the streetlight down the block.
