July 27, 2020

Comet C/2020 F3 NEOWISE

I just went over to Warwick racecourse and saw Comet NEOWISE through my binoculars. They don’t have a whole lot of magnification (the point with astronomy optics is to gather more light, not so much to zoom in) so it was a blurry patch of sky against a fairly bright background. Warwick is very light, and is close to plenty of other light places. It’s been a long time since I really connected with astronomy. Read more

© Graham Lee