More NEOWISE

The Comet NEOWISE (C/2020 F3) continues to dazzle as it makes its outbound journey from the sun back into the outer reaches of the solar system, while drawing nearer to Earth. This post shows several different views from several different locations on several different dates from Marion, Iowa. In the image above, NEOWISE is seen in the northeast sky from Lowe Park in Marion at 4:10 am CDT, Saturday, July 11, 2020. It is a 13 second exposure at f/5.6, ISO 1000 and 35mm focal length.

3:29 am CDT, Sunday, July 12, 2020. Looking northeast from White Road at North Marion Road, about 1.5 miles north of Marion. 13 second exposure at f/5.6, ISO 800 and 25mm focal length.

Similar capture at 3:36 am. Bright spots at lower left are fireflies. 36mm focal length.

3:39 am. Looking east from same location. Comet NEOWISE is at left, the star Capella is at upper left, the Pleiades star cluster is at upper right and the planet Venus is at right. Venus is accompanied closely by the star Aldebaran, below and right of it.

4:00 am closeup of NEOWISE from same location. 13 second exposure at f/5.6, ISO 1250 and 100mm focal length.

NEOWISE is now shifting from a predawn comet to a post sunset one--this image captured at 9:43 pm CDT, Monday, July 13, 2020 in the NNW sky from near Alburnett Road and East Robins Road in Marion. I was not able to see the comet with the naked eye or even locate it with binoculars this evening, but the magic of camera long exposure brought it out, albeit faintly (image center). Bright spots at lower right are fireflies. 6 second exposure at f/6.3, ISO 160, 34mm focal length.

9:47 pm. Cropped-in image. 10 second exposure at f/4.5, ISO 160, 34mm focal length. Nikon D7200 DSLR camera.