Most enjoyable to watch, Nick.
The sparse clouds help to highlight the appearance of the comet than if it
was in a totally clear sky.

France had really clear skies during the pre-dawn last night whereas I
watched the clouds gradually covering much of England and I thought even
Chelmsford might have missed out but you managed it successfully. Great to
see! Cornwall also had it clear. If anyone else managed to get some results
then do please share them.

Let's see how persistent the tail is - forecast for the early hours of
Saturday morning is still favourable.

P.S. - I did observe 3 asteroids earlier in the night so happy with those.
Richard

----- Original Message -----
From: "Nick James" <ndj@nickdjames.com>
To: <baa-comet@simplelists.com>
Sent: Tuesday, July 07, 2020 6:39 AM
Subject: Re: [BAA Comets] 2020 F3 (NEOWISE)

> Richard,
>
> So sorry that you haven't been able to see it yet. I was incredibly lucky
> to get a chance again this morning through a narrow clear slot. It was a
> really impressive sight in binoculars as it rose and was easy naked eye.
> We haven't seen a comet like this in the UK sincce C/2006 P1 in January
> 2007. The Moon isn't really a problem since the dawn sky is so bright
> anyway.
>
> I hope you get a chance to see it soon. It is definitely worth setting the
> alarm and losing a bit of sleep.
>
> I put together this timelapse of it rising this morning:
>
> http://www.nickdjames.com/Comets/2020/2020f3_20200707_ndj.mp4
>
> It consists of 232x5s exposures playing at 25 fps from 01:17 - 01:40 UT
> taken with a Canon EOS550D, 200mm, f/2.8L lens.
>
> Nick.
>
>
> On 07/07/2020 03:50, Richard Miles - rmiles.btee at btinternet.com (via
> baa-comet list) wrote:
>> Nick,
>>
>> Thanks for signalling this observing opportunity.
>>
>> It has been clear overhead and down to about 5-10 degrees above my
>> northern horizon here in North Dorset.
>> Had a great view of Venus 2 degrees above horizon in azimuth 64 degrees
>> but the clouds refused to budge from 30 degrees azimuth.
>>
>> As it was, the nearly full Moon was lighting up ths sky so the view would
>> have been washed out a fair amount.
>>
>> Looks like the weather might play ball on Friday night (July 10/11) when
>> the comet will be about 4 degrees higher and the sky will be a lot darker
>> with a much less bright Moon around.
>>
>> Fingers crossed for next time,
>> Richard Miles
>>
>>
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