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Comet C/2020 F3 NEOWISE on 2020-07-13

This close up image of comet NEOWISE (C/2020 F3) was obtained soon in morning twilight in the few minutes between the time it rose above the horizon and morning twilight. It shows its nucleus, coma, two bright triangular fans projecting rearwards off the coma, and its unusual bifurcated tail, split by a long thin dark lane, amidst a few colorful background stars. A bifurcated tail is seen in particularly dusty comets after they pass perihelion. Mean time of observation~11:20 UT.

Celestron Super C8+ with f/6.3 focal reducer/corrector and Canon EOS 20D.

Exposures: Twenty times 15 seconds at ISO 800 at f/6.3.

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