Lovejoy for two nights
Jan 19, 2015 00:10:11 #
I layered these in Photoshop to show the movement from one night to the next. 7DMKll 5 seconds, ISO 6400 24mm f/4.0
Jan 19, 2015 01:00:17 #
Jan 19, 2015 21:08:27 #
I hunted for Lovejoy for a few days of frustration before finally surrendering and installing a planetarium program to assist in the exact RA/DEC coordinates. I was trying to use the starmaps with Lovejoy's position that Sky&Telescope had on their page about the object.
After about an hour or so I would give up and go on to other objects of interest, to keep me from breaking something. This was really my first adventure in tracking something of this nature. Thought I was fairly adapt at star-hopping but I'm at a loss when searching for things that move in opposing directions to what my brain perceives as natural.
After about an hour or so I would give up and go on to other objects of interest, to keep me from breaking something. This was really my first adventure in tracking something of this nature. Thought I was fairly adapt at star-hopping but I'm at a loss when searching for things that move in opposing directions to what my brain perceives as natural.
Jan 19, 2015 21:23:30 #
azlee wrote:
I layered these in Photoshop to show the movement from one night to the next. 7DMKll 5 seconds, ISO 6400 24mm f/4.0
Nice composite AzLee.
Craig
Jan 19, 2015 23:08:27 #
Added night three Jan 19, 2015. I increased the exposure time to 30 seconds and wah-lah the tail is visible. Of course the stars are now elongated as the camera was not guided.
Jan 19, 2015 23:23:57 #
azlee wrote:
Added night three Jan 19, 2015. I increased the exposure time to 30 seconds and wah-lah the tail is visible. Of course the stars are now elongated as the camera was not guided.
Nice, what time are you seeing it? I've been looking for 2 weeks.
Tom
Jan 19, 2015 23:27:14 #
Tom 9PM MST and straight up. Lee
tsca wrote:
Nice, what time are you seeing it? I've been looking for 2 weeks.
Tom
Tom
Jan 19, 2015 23:31:45 #
azlee wrote:
9PM MST and straight up.
Thanks! I'll get my butt outside, it's 8:30 here in Southern CA.
Jan 19, 2015 23:33:19 #
Binoculars should pick it up. Naked eye?..... not by me.
tsca wrote:
Thanks! I'll get my butt outside, it's 8:30 here in Southern CA.
Mar 8, 2015 17:57:29 #
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