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GALLERY: Local photographers share photos of comet NEOWISE

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Fritz Olenberger
Henry Fechtman neowise
Henry Fechtman
NEOWISE Julie Rainak
Julie Rainak
"This is Comet NEOWISE taken from the entrance to Knapps Castle on July 15th. The sky's beautiful colors were helped by one of the fires in the area."
NEOWISE John Boyd
John Boyd
"Comet NEOWISE is visible in the evening sky after Sunset. You need a good view of the northwest horizon. It is about 10-15 degrees below the Big Dipper, just above the horizon. Best seen with binoculars, or small telescope. The tail is clearly visible. Wonderful sight to look at. Great photo for the weather segment of the news. Sky maps are available on Spaceweather.com or you can use the app Sky Guide, to help locate it. I took this picture out at UCSB this evening."
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Stephen Lilly
Stephen Lilly captured this photo of the comet from his backyard.
neowise comet - Bachir
Bachir Badaoui
"Neowise comet in Sacramento at the farms on July 17, 2020 at 10:22 pm."
Neowise Comet - Samson Pinto
Samson Pinto
"Taken with Canon 5D Mark II, 28mm at f/7, 23 sec exposure, ISO set at 6400. Atascadero, California"
Neowise Comet - Samson Pinto 2
Samson Pinto
"Taken with Canon 5D Mark II, at 28mm, 19 sec exposure, ISO set at 6400. Atascadero, California"
Neowise Comet - Samson Pinto 3
Samson Pinto
"This photo with the lit trees taken on a hilltop home in Atascadero, was achieved using a technique called light painting. You use a small light source to paint your foreground as the photograph is recorded during a long exposure. Shot with a Canon 5D Mark II, at 47mm, 42 sec exposure, ISO set at 6400."
Neowise Comet - Eric Lauderdale
Eric Lauderdale
"This was taken around 9:45 PM, Thursday evening from E. Camino Cielo, about halfway between Knapps Castle and La Cumbra peak, with a Lumix FZ1000 at f4, 80 ISO, 40 sec exposure."
Neowise Comet - Alan Sailer
Alan Sailer
"The brightest comet in some time is visiting the sky's for the next week or so. I finally decided to make a trip above Ojai to my favorite sky viewing site. My wife (who has the sharper eyes) saw the comet first and I started taking pictures after that. It was a nice sight and even better with a small set of binoculars. In the picture you can see the comets two tails. The larger is the dust trail and is a light yellow. The dimmer tail is the ion tail and is light blue."
Neowise Comet - Steve Besserman
Steve Besserman
"Shot from East Camino Cielo on Thursday night."
Neowise Comet - Randy Pearson
Randy Pearson
View of the comet over San Marcos Pass.
Neowise Comet - Kaylyn Leung
Kaylyn Leung
"Spotted the Neowise Comet from Isla Vista, July 16 at about 9:45 PM"
Neowise Comet - Bob Ummels
Bob Ummels
"A photo of Comet Neowise I took from the graveyard of St. Catherine Church in the little town of Hornitos, California, in the foothills of the Sierra Nevada."
Neowise Comet - Santa Barbara Astronomical Unit
Ruben Gutierrez
View of the comet from Lake Los Carneros. Picture from Santa Barbara Astronomical Unit.
Neowise Comet - Matt Udkow
Matt Udkow
Comet NEOWISE
Charles Cagara
Neowise Comet - Charles Cagara 2
Charles Cagara
View of the comet from Santa Barbara foothills.
Comet Neowise - Kenneth Kihlstrom
Kenneth Kihlstrom, Professor of Physics at Westmont College
Neowise Comet - Dan Lindsay
Dan Lindsay
View of the comet from the Santa Ynez range.
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July 17, 2020 2:25 pm
Published 12:17 am

SANTA BARBARA COUNTY, Calif. -- Santa Barbara photographer Fritz Olenberger sent us the photo above. He took it from Hope Ranch Wednesday night at 9:43 p.m. He said it was in the north northwest sky, below the Big Dipper and just above the horizon.

Olenberger said the comet NEOWISE was barely visible to the naked eye, but a 4-second time exposure and wide lens aperture made it possible for my camera to record it. If you look closely, you can see the bifurcated tail.

The three-mile wide comet will be visible in the Northern Hemisphere at certain times at night for the rest of the month.

If you miss it, you'll have to wait until its next trip through the solar system, currently estimated to happen in the year 8786, Olenberger wrote.

Stephen Lilly shared the picture below from Solvang of the night sky around 9: 30 p.m. Thursday.

You can share your pictures with us here.

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