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Neowise close-up taken on 7/26 from my backyard, which is Bortle class 6, following the shots I took from a class 4 place the day before. So much better to see it from the darker site, while from my backyard I could not tell exactly which bright spot at NW was the comet without using the LV Boost.

5km icy-rocky nucleus got more cyan in the past few days, the fine-grained dust tail seemed to be red-purple while the blue ion tail was less visible. The significant glow was most likely from the light pollution and the high humidity in the air.

 

7 tracked frames with 300mm (on 35mm eq), ISO 3200, f/2.8, 10 sec median stacked in PS and one frame with ISO 800 for the nucleus. Quite interesting, made me think of switching to a full frame to further play with the night sky.

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Uploaded on July 30, 2020
Taken on July 26, 2020