Hoegaarden Astronomy & Photography
Probably the most overhyped comet of the last decennium. I’m not sure why media and social media are copying each other in hyping this comet. Apart from being slightly more bright then average comets, it’s really a standard comet.
Not comparable at all with Neowise, or Hale-Bopp, or Hyakutake!
It almost kept me from imaging (click on the image).
By ‘coincidence’ it happened to be clear this morning at 6 am. The dogs made clear they wanted to go outside so I accidently discovered the clear sky. Dawn was already in the sky. I could’n find the comet by making a few pics around the area I suspected it should be. Only after consulting SkySafari, I knew exactly where she was, and could make a few shots with the Nikon D750 and a kitlens @ 85mm F 4.5 that happened to be on.
With the naked eye nothing was visible, with the 7×50 you could easily see the comet, it’s fuzzy appearance clearly different from a star. The tail was not visible.
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