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C/2020 F3 (NEOWISE)

            Had some luck with the weather on the 19th of July here in the UK to go out and have a shot at comet Neowise, my first time at shooting a comet, so didn't know what to expect.
By this date, the comet had dropped to a magnitude of ~4.3, combine that with summertime night skies and it wasn't until very late into the night that I could actually start shooting, although to make things trickier, the object had now dropped between 10° and 15° over the horizon, causing haze and light pollution to creep in, plenty of which is still evident in the shot.

A multitude of stacked, shorter exposures might've been better for this shot, to bring out more detail in the tail, but I'm not sure if that would've been feasible under the conditions mentioned.

I would've personally loved to get a shot showing the twin tails, but for that, I think I ended up way too zoomed in, the light pollution would've probably prevented it anyway.
Maybe if I'm still alive in 6800 years I'll try again!

Although it could've been better, still glad I managed to get this short for my first time trying this! :)

Camera: Unmodified Olympus OM-D E-M5 Mk. II
Lens: 
Olympus Zuiko Digital ED 90-250mm f/2.8 @250mm f/2.8 
+ Olympus ZUIKO DIGITAL EC-14 1.4x Teleconverter (= 350mm f/4.0) 
Exposure: Single frame, 40s, ISO-800, f/4.0
Mount: Astrotrac TT320X-AG (Unguided) with TH3010 Counter Balance Head
Tripod: Sirui R-5214X With Astrotrac Wedge
Processing: Adobe Camera Raw & Photoshop

No flat, dark or bias frames were used, just in camera dark frame subtraction.
Suffers from quite a bit of vignetting though, but didn't want to stop down, needed the light gathering.

   

Taken on: July 20, 2020

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Camera: Olympus E-M5MarkII, f/4.0, 40 sec, 354mm, ISO 800 (more info) (hide info)

Camera:	Olympus E-M5MarkII
Lens:	OLYMPUS 90-250mm Lens
Aperture:	f/4.0
Exposure Time:	40
Focal Length:	354mm
ISO:	800
Exposure Bias:	0 EV
Flash:	On, Did not fire
Exposure Program:	Manual
Exposure Mode:	Manual
Metering Mode:	Center-weighted average
White Balance:	Manual
Light Source:	Other
Gain Control:	High gain up
Color Space:	Uncalibrated
Software:	Adobe Photoshop CS6 (Macintosh)
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