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Im back with comet Lovejoy.

Started by Mac, Jan 06, 2015, 19:38:33

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Mac

Hurrah,
First of many hopefully,

Nikon D3, dumped in the garden, Not tracked, Just about focused,
10secs 300mm iso 6400 f6.3
No processing no stacking, just about everything wrong with it, but im back.

From camera to here in 13 mins



Mac.

MarkS

Lovely!  It's getting fairly bright isn't it :)

Mark

Kenny

For all your complaining in that post, it's still a lovely capture.  :cheesy: :lol:

Mike

Quote from: MarkS on Jan 06, 2015, 19:48:05
Lovely!  It's getting fairly bright isn't it :)

Mark

Apparently it is Mag 5.0 at the moment and brightening.
We live in a society exquisitely dependent on science and technology, in which hardly anyone knows anything about science and technology. Carl Sagan

Mac

Fingers crossed, if its clear tonight, im going to try and get it through the Scope with the Nikon.
:cheesy:
Mac.

JohnP

Nice capture Mac - unfortunately, raining tonight I think... :-(

Mike

Looks like tomorrow night will be the next chance to get it.
We live in a society exquisitely dependent on science and technology, in which hardly anyone knows anything about science and technology. Carl Sagan