Comet C/2023 A3 Tsuchinshan-ATLAS
in the evening sky
10/13/24

 
 This
            wide angle shot with a 35mm lens gives a good visual impression
            of the size and detail in this bright evening comet. I took this
            at our dump side road site about 20 minutes north of Payson which
            has a low western horizon. This is a Canon Xti with a Sigma 18-200
            zoom set to 35mm at f/4.5 on a tripod, with 10 second subs to
            total 3 minutes total integation time. The shot is somewhat artistic
            in that the last frame was used as the base stack to give a true
            horizon for this shot. The 80 percent full moon rising in the
            east lit up the foreground.

            
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Lens:  Sigma 35mm f/4.5 Zoom
Camera: Canon XTi
Platform:  Tripod
Exposure:  3 mins total - 10s subs
Location:  Payson, Arizona
Elevation:  5150 ft.
Sky:  Seeing  4/10, Transparency 7/10
Outside Temperature:  65F
Processing Tools:  Maxim DL, Photoshop CS2
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