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Comet NEOWISE (C/2020 F3) : July 11, 2020

The brightest comet in 7 years, in the pre-dawn sky.
Images taken with Canon 7D Mkii, cropped and contrast adjusted unless otherwise noted.

11:29Z
70mm f/2.8 2.5s ISO 1600
11:31Z
70mm f/2.8 2.5s ISO 1600
11:32Z
70mm f/2.8 5s ISO 400 unadjusted
11:36Z
70mm f/2.8 5s ISO 400

11:37Z
70mm f/2.8 5s ISO 800
11:38Z
70mm f/2.8 2s ISO 800 crop only
11:40Z
70mm f/2.8 5s ISO 400
11:42Z
70mm f/2.8 5s ISO 800

11:44Z
130mm f/2.8 2s ISO 800
11:45Z
130mm f/2.8 5s ISO 400 unadjusted
11:48Z
130mm f/2.8 2s ISO 400
11:51Z
70mm f/2.8 2s ISO 400 unadjusted

11:59Z
70mm f/2.8 1s ISO 400
12:02Z
24mm f/2.8 0.5s ISO 400 unadjusted
Capella is the star at top; comet is speck above middle-left peak