Comet C/2020F3 (NEOWISE) on 4.08.2020
© Velimir Popov & Emil Ivanov 2020

 
Size: 1600 px
 
C/2020 F3 (NEOWISE) is a retrograde comet with a near-parabolic orbit. It was discovered on March 27, 2020 by the NEOWISE space telescope. It passed perihelion at 0.29 AU (43 million km) from the Sun on July 3, 2020. When the comet entered the field of view of SOHO LASCO C3 on 22 June 2020 the comet had brightened to magnitude 3. This image is taken on August 4th. 2020 between 21.25 and 22.55 LT (19.25 and 20.25 UT). The seeing was poor, as well as the transparency; there was a strong gradient due to the twilight and the glow of the rising Moon, but the image gives an idea how much the comet was dimmed in the last couple of days.

 

Image details:
Center of field RA 13:02:41 (h:m:s)
Center of field DE +21:06:44 (deg:m:s)
Size 69.4 x 46.2 (arcmin)
Pixel scale: 2.6 (arcsec/pixel)
Orientation: Up is 338 degrees E of N

 
Optic(s): 12" ASA Astrograph at F/3.6
Mount: ASA DDM85 Standard
Camera: SBIG STL 11000 M
Filters: Luminance, Red, Green, Blue, Astronomik filters
Dates/Times: 4.Aug. 2020
Location: IRIDA Observatory, BG, longitude: E 24 44' 18", latitude: N 41 41' 42"
Exp. Details: ;L:14x1min, R:14x1 min, G:14x1 min, B:14x1 min; Bin 2,Total exp.time: 56 min
More details: Dark and flat frames reduction
Processing: PS
 
Copyright: Velimir Popov and Emil Ivanov 2020. All Rights Reserved
 
e-mail: info@irida-observatory.org
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