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eugene spiegel
86W15 by 39N16
07/17/2020
11:05 pm

Equipment Details:

500mm F 8.0 mirror Nikkor on D800, tripped by self timer on tripod.

Post-processing Details:

minor star trails minimized in photo shop.

Image Details:

it took days to find this comet, even though I knew to look low just above the horizon, in the Northwest. it was far fainter than I expected, and easily hidden by low coulds. after finding what I thought could be a comet, I took several long exposures, at a incredible high iso sesitivity to finally see it on the camera screen. it was invisible in the finder. I would move the camera in small movement to align the frame. final exposure was six seconds.