Monthly Archives: July 2020

First Star Party of 2020

 in Blog  tagged comet NEOWISE / ion tail / SkyView Acres

It’s very strange, and more than a little sad that my first star party of 2020 was in mid-July!  I did some imaging in January, of course, from southern California, but that doesn’t really count.  Last weekend I and a record number of other astronomers and imagers met at SkyView Acres in Goldendale, WA.  Many of the folks there had already seen and/or photographed comet NEOWISE (C/2020 F3), but it was the first time for me, so I spent some time on it each of the 3 nights there. In it’s current location, this comet is not a great target:  […]

Comet NEOWISE

 in Blog  tagged C/2020 F3 / comet / NEOWISE

Unless you’ve been living under a rock lately (and I admit that it sometimes feels like that these days), you’ve probably heard about and seen images of comet NEOWISE.  I haven’t had a chance to get out to photograph it myself, but hope to next week.  Several of my astrophotography friends have captured it, and one of the best so far is the above photo by Bruce Alber.  This was captured less than a week ago from Dalles Mountain (in Oregon), in the early morning.  He used a Canon DSLR and zoom lens (I’m not sure at what focal length), […]