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It’s a lovely Saturday night here in the UK and I’m really looking forward to chatting with you all! I’m a 1st year PhD student and space historian (pretty cool job title), here to share why and how we go about making sense of the past.
Over the next week I’ll be talking about what space history is and why we should care, research under lockdown, and maybe even what my research is showing 👀 but first of all I want to hear from you!
What first got you really excited about space?
What first got you really excited about space?
And what space-related stuff have you been getting excited about recently?
Personally I’m still over the moon at having seen #cometNEOWISE. It looks like trying to see the comet has gotten a lot more people interested in space and astronomy, too.
Personally I’m still over the moon at having seen #cometNEOWISE. It looks like trying to see the comet has gotten a lot more people interested in space and astronomy, too.
A thread on viewing and photographing #cometNEOWISE!
Comet NEOWISE is putting on a spectacular show right now!
How can you see it with your unaided eye? How to photograph it with a DSLR or even your cellphone?!
Continue reading 🤓☄️🌝
Comet NEOWISE is putting on a spectacular show right now!
How can you see it with your unaided eye? How to photograph it with a DSLR or even your cellphone?!
Continue reading 🤓☄️🌝
Comet NEOWISE is currently visible
- in the northern hemisphere an hour after sunset 🌅
- in the North/Northwest direction ⬆️
- look for the Big Dipper constellation ✨
Here’s a great graphic by @AdlerPlanet as to where the comet will be just 30 mins after sunset 🌇
- in the northern hemisphere an hour after sunset 🌅
- in the North/Northwest direction ⬆️
- look for the Big Dipper constellation ✨
Here’s a great graphic by @AdlerPlanet as to where the comet will be just 30 mins after sunset 🌇
It is best viewed
- in clear-ish skies.. avoid clouds and fog! Check out the picture below!
- in dark skies.. go north of the city/town to avoid light pollution!
- with binoculars or telescope! BUT definitely visible to the unaided eye once you spot it or know where to look!
- in clear-ish skies.. avoid clouds and fog! Check out the picture below!
- in dark skies.. go north of the city/town to avoid light pollution!
- with binoculars or telescope! BUT definitely visible to the unaided eye once you spot it or know where to look!
Loads of you have asked me about how I planned the image with the comet using stellarium, @photopills and google maps, so here goes a thread describing briefly each step. I hope you enjoy it 👇🏼
1.- in stellarium go to configuration, plugins-> Solar System Editor.
Hit configure & select comets and download lost of objects. Here you can select from the drop down menu or put the URL of the minor planet database website.
Finally, import all the orbital elements 👇🏼
Hit configure & select comets and download lost of objects. Here you can select from the drop down menu or put the URL of the minor planet database website.
Finally, import all the orbital elements 👇🏼
2.- This will update existing comets and add new ones like #cometNEOWISE.
Now that you have it in Stellarium, search for it using its real technical name: C/2020 F3 👇🏼
Now that you have it in Stellarium, search for it using its real technical name: C/2020 F3 👇🏼
Was hoping my fast 10” f/3.9 Newtonian would pull out more faint detail in the tail, but it was swamped by pre-dawn light. #cometNEOWISE is getting very close to the sun now. Hope this thing lights up on its way out next week. I’ll go wide field next time. 🔭💫
Was treated to this spectacular pre-dawn view of #DTLA and the LA basin on my way back down Angeles Crest
Beautiful pics of comet #NEOWISE are everywhere this week, taken from the northern hemisphere. Why is this so, and can we see it from Africa? A thread on #CometNeowise
For a timelapse from the @Space_Station see
For a timelapse from the @Space_Station see
First, for some basic info on its visibility and many pretty pictures, see skyandtelescope.org/astronomy-news… on Comet #NEOWISE
The comet #Neowise survived its closest approach to the Sun on July 3 and is now a naked eye object in the morning sky, easily visible through binoculars, and makes for some spectacular photographs. space.com/comet-neowise-…
I got incredibly lucky: with a rare morning with no fog in San Francisco, I was able to photograph Comet #NEOWISE from the Golden Gate Bridge
It peaks today at Magnitude +1 brightness and will be visible to the naked eye for the next week.
#cometc2020f3 #cometNEOWISE #abc7now
It peaks today at Magnitude +1 brightness and will be visible to the naked eye for the next week.
#cometc2020f3 #cometNEOWISE #abc7now
You don’t need a DSLR or telescope to see Comet #NEOWISE.
Although I used a DSLR, you can see it with the naked eye, and capture a photo with your iPhone (see below - a 3 second exposure!)
Go check it out this week! Low to the north-east horizon from 4-5AM before sunrise.
Although I used a DSLR, you can see it with the naked eye, and capture a photo with your iPhone (see below - a 3 second exposure!)
Go check it out this week! Low to the north-east horizon from 4-5AM before sunrise.
More work-in-progress shots of #CometNEOWISE
This is unedited, just comet aligned and ABE in PixInsight.
Canon 6D, 135mm f2, 34 minutes of exposure (30s subs). Shot on July 18 from Lake Sonoma, California
Lots of detail in the blue ion tail and yellow dust tail.
This is unedited, just comet aligned and ABE in PixInsight.
Canon 6D, 135mm f2, 34 minutes of exposure (30s subs). Shot on July 18 from Lake Sonoma, California
Lots of detail in the blue ion tail and yellow dust tail.
