Juliancolton Posted January 9, 2015 Share Posted January 9, 2015 A few days past perihelion now, but Lovejoy should remain a fun target for at least a couple weeks more. Look up and to the right of Orion before moonrise (for the next several days); it's marginally in naked-eye territory for suburban and darker skies. I took this image with a basic DSLR and tripod rig, ten non-tracked 3-second exposures at f/1.8 and ISO 1600 stacked in DeepSkyStacker, then edited in Lightroom. There are obviously far more impressive photos of the comet, but since most of us don't have huge telescopes with tracking mounts, I don't think it's bad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bowtie` Posted January 10, 2015 Share Posted January 10, 2015 What focal length lens did you use? Gorgeous shot! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Juliancolton Posted January 10, 2015 Author Share Posted January 10, 2015 I knew I was forgetting something. 85 mm (on a crop sensor) with the Nikon 85 mm f/1.8G. It's chiefly a portrait lens, and it isn't very good for landscapes or still-life imagery, but for some reason it renders stars quite nicely in comparison to my other prime lenses. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
donsutherland1 Posted January 11, 2015 Share Posted January 11, 2015 A few days past perihelion now, but Lovejoy should remain a fun target for at least a couple weeks more. Look up and to the right of Orion before moonrise (for the next several days); it's marginally in naked-eye territory for suburban and darker skies. I took this image with a basic DSLR and tripod rig, ten non-tracked 3-second exposures at f/1.8 and ISO 1600 stacked in DeepSkyStacker, then edited in Lightroom. There are obviously far more impressive photos of the comet, but since most of us don't have huge telescopes with tracking mounts, I don't think it's bad. I like it. Many thanks for sharing this image. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eskimo Joe Posted January 12, 2015 Share Posted January 12, 2015 I don't see any images Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Juliancolton Posted January 14, 2015 Author Share Posted January 14, 2015 I don't see any images You probably have Imgur blocked at work or something. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Juliancolton Posted January 14, 2015 Author Share Posted January 14, 2015 A new image from last night, with the comet's tail better-defined. Thirty 3-second untracked exposures at ISO 3200 and f/1.8. Shoddy processing, but it gets the point across... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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