Nice shots. Too low with clouds when it was morning viewing, but we have seen
it each night since it started to be visible then. After 10 is best. Rising
higher each night and seemed dimmer last night, but that could have been clouds
moving in. So fun to see a comet in the sky again. Hale-Bopp was best.
On Jul 19, 2020, at 12:22 PM, David Lang <de_lang@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
I had some luck seeing the comet out here in Scott County. We are NW of
Lexington, so a decent dark sky in the NW for us. Managed some shots of the
comet as well as Saturn, Jupiter and the Big Dipper. Check the link if
interested.
Comet
Comet
Explore this photo album by David Lang on Flickr!
David Lang
Scott County
On Friday, July 17, 2020, 03:07:29 PM EDT, kistlers@xxxxxxxxx
<kistlers@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
You had better luck than we did...we found a nice open piece of unlit sky in
the country two nights ago, but the cloud bank was just high enough to
obscure the comet and the space station. Jupiter and Saturn were worth the
trip, though.
We'll try again if the clouds move out.
Steve K.
Hart County, KY
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Subject: [birdky] Night viewing ...
Happened to call Brian Wulker awhile ago as he was on his way to a viewing
spot for Comet Neowise, which I had sort of completely forgotten about past
couple of days. Louisville and Cincy cleared this afternoon with very unhazy
sky only obscured by a few high waves of cirrus clouds at sunset.
A couple of my cousins stopped by the farm, and we got surprisingly nice
views of the Comet from 10:00 - 10:30 pm. It is to the northwest, so not a
ton of light pollution here in the northeast part of the county.
Right at 10:00 pm, the International Space Station made a VERY bright pass
almost directly overhead; it had to be in view for more than five minutes.
We finished off the evening with nice scope views of Jupiter and Saturn.
Oh ... and as far as birds, a young Great Horned Owl was screeching the whole
time.
bpb, Louisville
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