Comet NEOWISE at Perihelion by Bryan Murahashi

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03-Jul-2020	BRYAN MURAHASHI

Comet NEOWISE at Perihelion

or closest approach to the sun

Got to the hill at the Sunnyvale Baylands at 4:45 this morning.
Got some pics of comet by the tower on Mt Allison.

While bright, it was not visible to the naked eye due to the morning twilight.

It was a bright comet in the Southern Hemisphere and survived its path around the sun and is now
a Northern Hemisphere comet.

Used Heaven-above and The Photographers Ephemeris to find the comet.
It was fortuitous that it was near this tower.

Nikon Z 7 ,AF-S NIKKOR 200-500mm f/5.6E ED VR
1.3s f/8.0 at 700.0mm iso800 hide exif

Full EXIF Info
Date/Time	03-Jul-2020 04:57:51
Make	Nikon
Model	NIKON Z 7
Flash Used	No
Focal Length	700 mm
Exposure Time	1.30 sec
Aperture	f/8
ISO Equivalent	800
Exposure Bias	0.00
White Balance	daylight (1)
Metering Mode	multi spot (3)
JPEG Quality	(6)
Exposure Program	aperture priority (3)
Focus Distance

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Dennis Hoyne		04-Jul-2020 20:34
It's good you got up early, and got this shot so well composed by including the tower.

Hank Vander Velde		04-Jul-2020 20:31
SUPER shot of the night sky and comet Bryan.

Walter Otto Koenig		04-Jul-2020 18:29
What a cool sight. Great job with a difficult subject.

Tom Munson		04-Jul-2020 16:44
Awesome capture, Bryan.

globalgadabout		04-Jul-2020 15:47
must have been a tricky exposure, but you nailed it..

pkocinski		04-Jul-2020 11:58
Fantastic capture!

marie-jose wolff		04-Jul-2020 09:56
great find and capture of this comet! V

danad		04-Jul-2020 08:40
Great capture of the comet ! V.

Arnie Peterschmidt		04-Jul-2020 03:56
Very cool shot, well done. I admire your efforts to be out in the predawn darkness for the chance to capture the comet.

joseantonio		04-Jul-2020 03:31
simply amazing

Nick Paoni		04-Jul-2020 03:17
This is so cool.