Comet Neowise: Just a couple of shots from this morning. Canon 100-400mm L IS off Canon 7d Mark II Standard tripod. F:\5.6 ISO 1600 Set at 100mm 3.2 second exposure. Second settings...

Albuqshutterbug Loc: Albuquerque NM

Just a couple of shots from this morning.
Canon 100-400mm L IS off
Canon 7d Mark II
Standard tripod.
F:\5.6
ISO 1600
Set at 100mm
3.2 second exposure.

Second settings are the same but at 400mm

Stay safe...

(Download)

Christm Loc: Howell, Michigan

Very cool

tramsey Loc: Texas

WOW!! Tremendous photos. Obviously for that shot you got out of Albuquerque a little way

Albuqshutterbug Loc: Albuquerque NM

Christm wrote:

Very cool

Thank you very much.

Albuqshutterbug Loc: Albuquerque NM

tramsey wrote:

WOW!! Tremendous photos. Obviously for that shot you got out of Albuquerque a little way

Actually I went over near balloon fiesta park. It’s a bortle 6/7 but better than my 8 zone I usually deal with.
Thank you very much for the compliment.

Ballard Loc: Grass Valley, California

Very nice shots. At 400mm you get a bit of star trailing (1 sec is about the max exposure to avoid seeing star trails at 400mm). If you can mount it with the C11 on a equatorial mount running a sidereal rate you can take a much longer exposure (at least until the actual motion of the comet starts to impact the exposure, probably at least 45 minutes or so).

J-SPEIGHT Loc: Akron, Ohio

Albuqshutterbug wrote:

Just a couple of shots from this morning.
Canon 100-400mm L IS off
Canon 7d Mark II
Standard tripod.
F:\5.6
ISO 1600
Set at 100mm
3.2 second exposure.

Second settings are the same but at 400mm

Stay safe...

Albuqshutterbug Loc: Albuquerque NM

Ballard wrote:

Very nice shots. At 400mm you get a bit of star trailing (1 sec is about the max exposure to avoid seeing star trails at 400mm). If you can mount it with the C11 on a equatorial mount running a sidereal rate you can take a much longer exposure (at least until the actual motion of the comet starts to impact the exposure, probably at least 45 minutes or so).

At my home location I have a large obstacle to viewing the eastern horizon. The Sandia mountains rise over 5,000 feet to my East blocking my view of the horizon. Since this is such a short time event I have to travel for my shots and really don’t want to setup my CGGM Mount in the dark so I made some sacrifices.
I initially used a 200mm lens and wanted to push the limits so to speak with this session pushing the time until I had a minimal amount of trailing.
I’m looking forward to being able to shot in the evening from home even though the comet is going to start fading.
Thank you for the compliment.

(Download)

Albuqshutterbug Loc: Albuquerque NM

J-SPEIGHT wrote:

Thank you very much.

SonnyE Loc: Communist California, USA

Beautiful, Jim!

I tried. Both the telescope and my DSLR.
But too much light pollution and too much Moon glare.

I'll have to enjoy vicariously.

gekko11 Loc: Las Cruces NM

very nice shots! this comet hunting has bee fun !

Albuqshutterbug Loc: Albuquerque NM

SonnyE wrote:

Beautiful, Jim!

I tried. Both the telescope and my DSLR.
But too much light pollution and too much Moon glare.

I'll have to enjoy vicariously.

Thanks Sonny.
Now that it’s becoming a night sky visitor you should be able to get your own shots.
I’m sure you’ve seen all of the charts. Maybe a trip to the foothills? Give my best to your wife for me.

Albuqshutterbug Loc: Albuquerque NM

gekko11 wrote:

very nice shots! this comet hunting has bee fun !

Thank you 😊
Now if this monsoon streak will ease up for a while, I’d like some more interesting foreground shots.
Stay safe...

SonnyE Loc: Communist California, USA

Albuqshutterbug wrote:

Thanks Sonny.
Now that it’s becoming a night sky visitor you should be able to get your own shots.
I’m sure you’ve seen all of the charts. Maybe a trip to the foothills? Give my best to your wife for me.

Oh, I'll keep trying.
But I'm not apt to stay up all night again. I haven't seen any charts or tables yet. Got any links to share?
I would like to try and do a time lapse of this one.
I do have a great location up the canyon. But I'd like to be sure I'm getting it before I make a field trip.
Looks like the big Tamron should work to drag it down to earth.

I'll tell Betty you said Hi. Everybody here is doing fine.

Albuqshutterbug Loc: Albuquerque NM

ask and ye shall receive.
Here are a few charts for everyone interested.

(Download)