Observation by Grant Privett: Comet and tree

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Grant Privett

Observer

Grant Privett

Observed

2020 Jul 22 - 23:15

Uploaded

2020 Jul 23 - 08:44

Objects

C/2020 F3 (NEOWISE)

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Constellation

Ursa Major

Field centre

RA: 10h52m
Dec: +49°18'
Position angle: +33°57'

Field size

16° × 18°

Equipment
  • Canon M3
  • 50mm F1.8 lens
  • Tripod
  • Concrete pad to stand on
Exposure

10x 5s

Location

Cranborne Chase

Target name

C/2020 F3 NEOWISE

Title

Comet and tree

About this image

I wanted a nice simple picture this evening as, after stepping outside, I could see clouds coming in from the north west. There was no time to take my usual 100+ frames, so I went for a context shot. The comet plus a nearby tree is the one shown. The frames with the house in didnt do as well.

To do it I bumped the ISO to 6400 but I stuck at 5s exposure (only slight star trailing) with the 50mm lens wide open.

I used a simple summing stack of the 10 images - hence the satellite trails. 

Lots of mossies around this evening though.... 

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Ron Arbour
Ron Arbour, 2020 Jul 23 - 09:24 UTC

I like the tree - joke

Ron Arbour
Ron Arbour, 2020 Jul 23 - 09:33 UTC

Sorry, I forgot to add "that's a great image."

Grant Privett
Grant Privett, 2020 Jul 28 - 17:57 UTC

No, Dave Strange and Nick James do great images. I'm just messing about until my dome is in place... :)

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