Earlier this week the newly-discovered Comet C/2013 R1 Lovejoy was 10X brighter than ISON, so that's what I went out to capture at 3 am yesterday morning. Of course as I go to post the photo, now Comet ISON is making the news. Comets are notoriously unpredictable, but at least this month we have two competing for our attention!
I captured this with a DSLR, but I'm going to test some different lens and body configurations in the coming nights before I discuss details and tradeoffs. #astronomy #science #astrophotography
Comet C/2013 R1 Lovejoy, November 14, 2013.
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Amazing!
Beautiful
4 hour last night for this
http://www.flickr.com/photos/xamad/10855114653/
une photo claire, c'est beau, bravo pour toi jeff.
I don't have any special lenses for my DSLR.
Is there a recommended setting, aperture for taking night shots like this?
Great image, +Jeff Sullivan! Can you recommend a T ring and adapter for my Nikon D800 so I can try prime focus photography of the comet with my little 70mm refractor? I've read that some adapters make a grinding noise when attaching to a camera's lens mounting plate and want to get a brand which won't damage my camera. Thanks in advance!
Fantastic result +Roberto Bosio, what software did you use to process the sequence of photos (if you don't mind me asking)?
YES...
I'll be working on different combinations of bodies and lenses over the coming days +Christopher Aultman, and I'll try to find time to post a summary of the results on my blog: http://www.JeffSullivanPhotography.com/blog
great shot ! congrats