Comet: C/2020 F3 (NEOWISE)
Planet: Jupiter
Location: Home
Date: 2020-07-31
Time: 10:20 PM - 11:30 PM ADT
Equipment: Visual, 10x42 IS Binoculars
Temperature: 18° C
SQM: 18.85
Transparency: Fair
Seeing: Fair
No breeze. Flies were an irritant but bug repellent worked wonders! The 92% rising Moon eventually affected seeing and transparency. Initially both were fairly good.
Jupiter
Jupiter and Saturn were quite bright. Three of 4 Galilean moons were seen as bright pinpoints. Io was behind Jupiter; Ganymede, Europa and Callisto were to the right of the planet.
Comet NEOWISE
The comet was above Melotte 111, well below Cor Caroli and not far from γ Com. No tail was seen and, although the comet was located with direct vision at the first sighting, averted vision was required later in the evening.
Comet NEOWISE in Coma Berenices