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Open thread for the Comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS

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Oct. 12, 2024, 7:33PM, the Comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS viewed from Skyline Memorial Gardens, in far northwest Portland, Oregon. 

SL2-S + 24-70 Vario-Elmarit @ 70mm. f/4.0 @ 1/3 second for sky (ISO 6400) and 30 seconds foreground (ISO 50) + images merged.  Hoping for better results tonight in the Mt. Hood National Forest.

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On 10/13/2024 at 2:08 PM, jankap said:

This one is very nice already.

Thanks. It was amazing to be able to see the comet well with my eyes, but that it was so visible in an area with a lot of light pollution was remarkable as it crossed the sunset horizon. I'm glad I caught it in focus on the Leica's sensor with its glass. 

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On the next night (13 Oct.) I was up in the much darker skies of Hood River county, Oregon, on the north slopes of Mt. Hood near Lost Lake. Amazingly I found another great viewing of it with my naked eyes as well as what I caught on the SL2-S. This time I had temporarily lost my tripod, and used the camera hand-held but braced, relying on the camera's excellent IBIS and OIS to get away with 1 and 2-second exposures.

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I posted these in the M10-R image thread, but perhaps here is a better place.  Three photos all from last night.  In all, the anti-tail is visible due to Earth's passing through the orbital plane of the comet.  All were taken near Mammoth, Utah.  Tripod used for all three photos.

First image: M10-R, 50mm Summicron-M v5, @ f/2, ISO 6400, 1/2 second exposure.  

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M10-R, 90mm Summicron-M, wide-open, ISO 6400, 1/2 second exposure.

 

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Finally, 75mm Summarit-M 2.5, wide open, ISO 3200, 2 second exposure.  BTW, the fuzzy spot by the star, halfway up the comet's tail is globular cluster M5.

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