[Misc] Comet Neowise

Thunder Bolt

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Aug 18, 2009

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Beside the seaside, beside the sea

• Jul 13, 2020

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Any advice from our resident astronomers as to the best time to view this comet. It is apparently visible to the naked eye even in London.
I've seen photos taken at midnight and some just before dawn. This was taken near Gloucester cathedral.

 

Bakero

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Almería

• Jul 13, 2020

• #2

Thought this was about a new signing.

 

Gazwag

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Bexhill-on-Sea

• Jul 13, 2020

• #3

**awaits the obvious "its the ball from Ulloa's penalty" post

23 July is will be closest apparantly

 

dazzer6666

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Burgess Hill

• Jul 13, 2020

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Thunder Bolt said:

Any advice from our resident astronomers as to the best time to view this comet. It is apparently visible to the naked eye even in London.
I've seen photos taken at midnight and some just before dawn. This was taken near Gloucester cathedral.

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I follow @virtualastro on Twitter - great info re ISS, Starlink and anything else up there..................it's basically a sunrise/sunset thing as far as I can tell, throughout July.

https://twitter.com/VirtualAstro

This is the best pic I've seen :

 

Thunder Bolt

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Aug 18, 2009

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Beside the seaside, beside the sea

• Jul 13, 2020

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dazzer6666 said:

I follow @virtualastro on Twitter - great info re ISS, Starlink and anything else up there..................it's basically a sunrise/sunset thing as far as I can tell, throughout July.

https://twitter.com/VirtualAstro

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Thanks, I'll do a search for it.

 

BeHereNow

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Southwick

• Jul 13, 2020

• #6

Which direction do we look to see it?

 

Swansman

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Sweden

• Jul 13, 2020

• #7

BeHereNow said:

Which direction do we look to see it?

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Up, probably.

 

BeHereNow

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Southwick

• Jul 13, 2020

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Swansman said:

Up, probably.

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Ahh good, because I was going to look down.

 

Questions

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Worthing

• Jul 13, 2020

• #9

BeHereNow said:

Ahh good, because I was going to look down.

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You could look behind you.

 

Mr Bridger

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Earth

• Jul 13, 2020

• #10

Gobsmacked that nobody has mentioned Ulloa’s penalty....

 

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Billy the Fish

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• Jul 13, 2020

• #11

Bakero said:

Thought this was about a new signing.

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I thought there was a new sale on mid-range appliances!

 

dazzer6666

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Burgess Hill

• Jul 13, 2020

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BeHereNow said:

Which direction do we look to see it?

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Some good info here

https://astronomy.com/news/observing/2020/07/the-sky-this-week-from-july-10-to-17

 

Thunder Bolt

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Aug 18, 2009

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Beside the seaside, beside the sea

• Jul 13, 2020

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Too cloudy at the moment.

 

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• Jul 13, 2020

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Thunder Bolt said:

Too cloudy at the moment.

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The local pictures that i have seen are taken between 02:30 - 05:30 . Need to look north . You can load nightsky applications on a smart phone for free and they will show you the direction to look.

If anyone is interested then looking south you can see Jupiter, Saturn and Mars ....

 

Thunder Bolt

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Aug 18, 2009

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• Jul 17, 2020

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dazzer6666 said:

I follow @virtualastro on Twitter - great info re ISS, Starlink and anything else up there..................it's basically a sunrise/sunset thing as far as I can tell, throughout July.

https://twitter.com/VirtualAstro

This is the best pic I've seen :

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It’s a clear night tonight.


From your link

Just had a look at the comet.
It's now in the bottom right of the constellation of Ursa Major.

 

dazzer6666

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Burgess Hill

• Jul 17, 2020

• #16

Thunder Bolt said:

It’s a clear night tonight.


From your link

Just had a look at the comet.
It's now in the bottom right of the constellation of Ursa Major.

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ISS has just gone over too - incredibly bright

 

Thunder Bolt

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Aug 18, 2009

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Beside the seaside, beside the sea

• Jul 17, 2020

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dazzer6666 said:

ISS has just gone over too - incredibly bright

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Yes spotted that. You can just see the comet with the naked eye but we managed to focus our binoculars on it.

 

Papa Lazarou

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Jul 7, 2003

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Worthing

• Jul 17, 2020

• #18

Looked good from Durrington.

 

Notters

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Guiseley

• Jul 18, 2020

• #19

Can't be Ulloa's penalty, it's only 54,000,000km from earth.

 

pwlr1966

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• Jul 18, 2020

• #20

Looked out just after eleven tonight. just follow the plough down towards the north/ north west horizon,

Check out this website:
https://stellarium-web.org/p/calendar

 

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