Comet Neowise and Noctilucent Clouds above The Trossachs (Explored 12/7/20! Thank you so much!)
Comet Neowise and Noctilucent Clouds above The Trossachs (Explored 12/7/20! Thank you so much!)

‘Comet C2020/F3 (Neowise)’
Although I was pretty bushed last night I made the effort to head out at gone midnight for the 10mins drive to a low hill that commands great views to the north. I was comet-hunting. Comet Neowise was reported to be just visible to the naked eye. It proved way better than that: an obvious yellow/orange body -like a faint star - with a faint tail that trailed behind it for about the width of a full moon.
It was special as it hung in the sky over The Trossachs amidst a fine filigree bed of iridescent white noctilucent clouds. I had a sleeping bag to watch things unfold until around sunrise at 4.50am. But a low bank of cloud rolled across at 2.30am so I packed up and headed home. It was a special experience and way better than my last comet sighting (Lovejoy in 2014) especially because of the tail.
Comets feel special. They travel into the inner Solar System from the regions beyond its boundaries - up to 10,000 times as far out as Earth(Saturn is 10 x as far out) and travel unbelievable distances. Neowise is the asteroid hunting project of NASA’s Wide Infrared Survey Explorer space telescope (NEO= Near Earth Object) which discovered the comet on 22/3/20.
Neowise has passed round the sun and is now heading back way out beyond the reaches of the solar system. It will not be back for c6,800yrs. Catch it before it goes! It’s a stirring sight. 😊

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Taken on: July 11, 2020
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