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Comet ISON Brightens 16X, Now Naked Eye Object

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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Jeff Sullivan

Jeff Sullivan leads landscape photography workshops in national parks and public lands throughout California and the American West.

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