Comet: C/2020 F3 (NEOWISE)
Constellation: Canes Venatici
Stars: γ Com, 9 Com, 14 Com
HD Stars: HD106365, 107053, 107276
HR Stars: 4581, 4673, 4680, 4668
Cluster: Melotte 111/Coma Star Cluster
Moon: 3 days past 1st Quarter
Planet: Jupiter
Satellite
Identified, not Observed & Not entered into Logbook or database:
Coma Berenices, Melotte 111, Moon, Ursa Minor
Location: Home
Date: 2020-07-30
Time: 12:10 AM - 12:40 AM ADT
Equipment: Visual, 10x42 IS Binoculars
Temperature: 22° C
SQM: 19.08 (at 12:35 AM)
The sky had been cloud-covered in the western sky but cleared near midnight. No wind. Good seeing but not sure if the Moon or high thin clouds affected the transparency.
Canes Venatici
While looking for NEOWISE, I located both α CVn and β CVN to use as pointer stars for the comet. The two stars just fit in my binocular FOV.
Comet NEOWISE
The comet appeared as a faint fuzzy Messier-like object with no sign of a tail. It was at approximately 10° - 15° declination. There was a triangle of stars formed by HD 107053, HR4668 and HD106365 that had also been seen on July 28th. The comet had moved from the right side below this formation to its left side and was closer to Coma Berenices and Melotte 111.
Jupiter
Io very close to the planet. Callisto on one side; Io, Europa and Ganymede on the other side.
Satellite
An ever so small satellite passed below Cassiopeia from Ruchbah to Schedar before disappearing.