JeffPo's Comet Page
Last update: 07/13/20
Below you will find images of some comets I've observed. The pictures don't really do the comets justice. I think the best view of a comet is done with the naked eye if it's a big and bright one. After that, I think a binocular view is best. My images aren't the best, and don't have much processing done, but are put out here in their simplest form so that I can quickly and easily share them with anyone that might be interested.
Comet NEOWISE, July 10, 2020, 4:52am, Fuquay Varina, NC. About a 15 second exposure with a camera on a tripod.
Comet NEOWISE, July 12, 2020, 4:45am, Jordan Lake, NC. About a 25 second exposure with a camera on a tripod.
Comet NEOWISE, July 12, 2020, 5:14am, Jordan Lake, NC. My wife Lynn sitting in a chair observing the comet. About a 15 second exposure with a camera on a tripod.
Comet PanSTARRS, taken on March 12, 2013. Canon digital SLR camera with 80mm-200mm zoom. Approximately 5 seconds exposure time. Comet was low in the western, evening sky, easily seen with the naked eye.
This
is an image of Comet Ikeya-Zhang, taken on March 10, 2002 with an 80mm lens.
This is an image of Comet
Hale-Bopp with a meteor to the upper left of ion tail. This image
was taken on the morning of 03/09/97 with a 50mm lens, 400asa film, and about
a 2 minute exposure. Click on the image (or links) to see more
(and better) pictures of Comet Hale-Bopp.
This
rather light polluted shot is Comet Hyakutake. This 50mm shot was taken
on March 22, 1996. The bright star to the upper right of the tail is
Arcturus.