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"Comet NEOWISE C/2020 f3 - a tribute."
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M7cEJNK9NFs
Comet NEOWISE C/2020 f3 - a tribute
Comet NEOWISE was probably the most photographed comet in history. It thrilled photographers around the world in the summer of 2020, in the midst of a pandem...YouTube
Comet Holmes near star Mirfak (alpha Perseii).
Chris Proctor and Steve Duncan, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
Holmes' Comet and the Andromeda Nebula on November 10, 1892.
Edward Emerson Barnard, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. Color edits.
Comet C/2020 X3 (SOHO) during the total solar eclipse on December 14, 2020 (Argentina).
Andreas Möller, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
"The M45 Pleiades Cluster and the PanSTARRS c/2015ER61 Comet, that is moving away from us, is around the tenth magnitude."
gianni, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons or Flickr: https://flic.kr/p/WGLwrq
le Pleiadi e la cometa PanSTARRS C/2015ER61
the M45 pleiades cluster and the PanSTARRS c/2015ER61 comet, that is moving away from us, is around the tenth magnitude taken from 2400m on italian western alps, Colle di Sampeyre (CN), Italy Only 20 minutes of total exposure time @1600iso (90 sec e…Flickr
"First place in the 2021 IAU OAE Astrophotography Contest, category Meteor showers: Geminid Meteor Shower from China, by Dai Jianfeng, China."
Dai Jianfeng/IAU OAE, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
"Reading 'What Lit The Great Fire of Chicago: Cow or Comet?', by Graeme Donald."
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PHJpp2TaY7U
According to this author the US Air Force studied the events on the night of Oct. 8, 1871 in order to start firestorms during WW2 (Dresden).
Reading "What Lit The Great Fire of Chicago: Cow or Comet?", by Graeme Donald
Was Mrs. O'Leary's cow the first anarchist to strike in Chicago? What else was occurring in the Great Lakes region? Learn about the Peshtigo fire and the atr...YouTube
"Third place in the 2021 IAU OAE Astrophotography Contest, category Comets: Hello Comet, shall we dance?, by Robert Barsa, Slovakia."
Robert Barsa/IAU OAE, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
"This diagram compares the size of the icy, solid nucleus of comet C/2014 UN271 (Bernardinelli-Bernstein) to several other comets. The majority of comet nuclei observed are smaller than Halley’s comet. They are typically a mile across or less."
ILLUSTRATION: NASA, ESA, Zena Levy (STScI), Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.
"First place in the 2021 IAU OAE Astrophotography Contest, category Comets: Neowise's metamorphosis, by Tomáš Slovinský and Petr Horálek, Slovakia."
Tomáš Slovinský and Petr Horálek/IAU OAE, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
"Second place in the 2021 IAU OAE Astrophotography Contest, category Comets: Comet C/2020F3 (Neowise) with separate dust and ion gas tails and a green glowing coma, by Dietmar Gutermuth, Germany."
Dieter Gutermuth/IAU OAE, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
"Did Biela's Comet cause the Chicago and Midwest Fires?" by Robert M. Wood (2004).
"Comet Neowise over lavender fields in Provence next to l'Observatoire de Haute-Provence" (2020).
Compo, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
"Comet C/2020 F3 (NEOWISE) on 21.9, 26.9 July, and 6.9 August 2020 UT."
Nicolas Biver, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
Comet 21P/Giacobini–Zinner on August 17, 2018.
Massimo Magrini, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons and Flickr: https://flic.kr/p/2aaEzVS
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"A sequence of images showing comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko moving against a background star field in the constellation Ophiuchus between March 27 and May 4, 2014." M107 in top left.
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"Comet Lovejoy."
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Comet Lovejoy
On Dec 31, 2012, about a week after getting my new telescope, I made a resolution for the year 2013 that I would observe all 110 Messier objects.Flickr
"Halley's Comet (with Venus) as photographed May 13, 1910, by a wide-angle camera at Lowell Observatory, Flagstaff, Ariz."
NASA/JPL/Lowell Observatory, Public domain via https://airandspace.si.edu/multimedia-gallery/web12117-2011hjpg
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"The Moon, Venus, and Comet C/2013 US10 (Catalina)."
Jannis, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons or Flickr: https://flic.kr/p/BXUQQ7
"Comet Lovejoy in 2013 with a Geminid Meteor."
Jason Hullinger, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons or Flickr: https://flic.kr/p/ibMQCZ
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"The Great Comet of 1882" by Jose Maria Velasco.
https://www.wikiart.org/en/jose-maria-velasco/gran-cometa-de-1882
Gran cometa de 1882 - Jose Maria Velasco - WikiArt.org
‘Gran cometa de 1882’ was created by Jose Maria Velasco in Realism style. Find more prominent pieces of cloudscape at Wikiart.org – best visual art database.www.wikiart.org
Comet C2014 Q2 on December 25, 2014.
Paul Stewart, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons or Flickr: https://flic.kr/p/pzUnFT
Christmas Comet C/2014 Q2
The clouds stopped data collection early, so not much tail. WO FLT132 refractor and QSI583wsg with 0.8x reducerFlickr
"Comet" by Heorhiy Narbut (1919).
Heorhiy Narbut, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. Color edits.
"Comet C2013 US10 (Catalina) passing open cluster NGC 5823 on September 7, 2015."
Paul Stewart, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons or Flickr: https://flic.kr/p/yhme5b
Comet C/2013 US10 (Catalina) passing open cluster NGC 5823
12 x 60s LRGB WO FLT132 refractor with 0.8x reducer and QSI583wsg cameraFlickr
"Star of the Hero" by Nicholas Roerich (1936).
https://www.meisterdrucke.uk/fine-art-prints/Nicholas-Roerich/823433/Star-of-the-Hero,-1936.html
Star of the Hero, 1936 by Nicholas Roerich: Fine art print
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Comet C2014Q2 Lovejoy and Globular cluster M79 on December 30, 2014.
Paul Stewart, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons or Flickr: https://flic.kr/p/qj9Z5f
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Comet C/2014Q2 Lovejoy and Globular cluster M79
WO FLT132 refractor and EOS350d camera with 0.8x reducerFlickr
Donati's Comet in 1858 by Joseph Mallord William Turner.
Donatis Comet, 1858 by Joseph Mallord William Turner
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"Comet 12P/Pons–Brooks on July 27, 2023; J87 Observatory."
Juan lacruz, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons. Color edits.
"Comet 2022 E3 (ZTF) Disconnection Event."
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Comet 2022 E3 (ZTF) Disconnection Event
In mid-January 2023 as comet C/2022 E3 (ZTF) approached the Sun, a coronal mass ejection (CME) resulted in unusually strong solar wind that impacted the come...YouTube
"The Green Comet C/2022 E3 ZTF - time-lapse shot with Fujifilm X-T2."
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S-cDzmJbreo
The Green Comet C/2022 E3 ZTF - time-lapse shot with Fujifilm X-T2
A time-lapse capture of the green comet C/2022 E3 ZTF. Shot at multiple focal lengths with various lenses using the Fuji X-T2, and also a Celestron RASA 11 s...YouTube
Comet C/2022 E3 (ZTF) on February 14, 2023.
Brandon Ghany / Horizon Productions SFL, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons or Flickr: https://flic.kr/p/2oxH8QA
C2022E3_021423
Comet C/2022 E3 (ZTF) C/2022 E3 (ZTF) is a long-period comet from the Oort cloud. It reached perihelion (1.11 AU from the Sun) on 01/12 for the first time in 50,000 years. It passed 0.28 AU from Earth on 02/01.Flickr
"Comet C/2022 C3 (ZTF) tail animation timelapse."
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Comet C/2022 C3 (ZTF) tail animation timelapse
Fortunately two nearly clear nights in a row gave me the opportunity to capture at last some data of C/2022 C3 (ZTF).My focus was not on pretty pictures, I t...YouTube
Comet C/2014 Q2 (Lovejoy) in early 2015.
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center from Greenbelt, MD, USA, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons or Flickr: https://flic.kr/p/SkWt5a
NASA Study Hints at Possible Change in Water ‘Fingerprint’ of Comet
A trip past the sun may have selectively altered the production of one form of water in a comet – an effect not seen by astronomers before, a new NASA study suggests.Flickr
"Comet Halley and the Milky Way on March 21, 1986."
Reinhold Haefner/ESO, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
Comet C/2017 O1 (ASASSN) on Oct 29, 2017, near the star Alpha Camelopardalis.
CajunAstro, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons or Flickr: https://flic.kr/p/FZLx6K
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Comet C/2017 O1 (ASASSN) on Oct 29, 2017
Comet Asassn again, but this time from semi-dark skies (Bortle Green zone.) The temps were in the mid-thirties and my camera loved it. I sat in the car to stay warm.Flickr
Comet C/2017 T2 (PanSTARRS) on January 23, 2020.
Adam Block/Steward Observatory/University of Arizona, CC BY-SA 3.0 US, via Wikimedia Commons. Color edits.
