This comet has faded down to 12th magnitude now, although it's higher in the Western sky than last month.
Last night I caught it between the wispy clouds, before it disappeared behind a neighbouring roof.

In contrast to Comet NEOWISE which some of us managed to glimpse with the unaided eye over the summer, this one is about 10 magnitudes (10,000 times) fainter! It's the 10th comet discovered by famous comet-hunter Gennady Borisov from his observatory in the Crimea - he found this one just last month....

This morning I got a better picture using the iTelescope T68 in New Mexico:

It's well past its peak now - down to 7th magnitude, but no longer visible from my garden (too low in the West). However I did finally manage to capture it with an iTelescope in New Mexico - the 11" Celestron Rowe-Ackerman: neowise_11aug.jpg The ion tail is still just visible (pointing out to the le...

I did manage to catch this comet last night - but only just! It took me two attempts (including carrying the tripod fully-rigged with 'scope and counter-weight!) to set up in a position where the comet was above the roof-line - and even then I only had ten minutes before it "set" behind a chimney! I...

Whilst waiting for another opportunity to observe Comet NEOWISE from Bolton, I've bagged another "new" comet using an iTelescope in New Mexico: I might be able to get it from Bolton too over the next few weeks: it's low in the West, heading towards Arcturus.

Last night I had another go, this time with the 'scope on my EQ5 mount - after I found a site for the tripod where I could see it "underneath" next door's telephone line (although I had to take our washing-line down!): c2020f3_20jul.jpg By 11:30 the sky had darkened enough for me to use 30-sec expos...

Now here's my processed data-set from last night (as the 'scope was operating on a motorised alt-az mount, I first had to do a stellar registration to take out the field-rotation, before stacking on the comet.): c2020f3_19jul.jpg The straight (blue) ion-tail is just about visible, as well as the mor...

At last - a bright comet with a proper tail! I got my first view of it last night, low in the twilight in the North. I went out with my binoculars around 10:30 and had a look at Jupiter and Saturn low in the South, but to the North the sky was still very bright. However by 11pm it was dark enough to...

Now the team have produced a one-hour condensed version for Radio4's "Archive on 4":
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000kmw5