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Comet NEOWISE

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Unless you’ve been living under a rock lately (and I admit that it sometimes feels like that these days), you’ve probably heard about and seen images of comet NEOWISE.  I haven’t had a chance to get out to photograph it myself, but hope to next week.  Several of my astrophotography friends have captured it, and one of the best so far is the above photo by Bruce Alber.  This was captured less than a week ago from Dalles Mountain (in Oregon), in the early morning.  He used a Canon DSLR and zoom lens (I’m not sure at what focal length), […]

Comet Garradd (C/2009 P1)

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On the last night of the 2011 Oregon Star Party this recent comet seemed to be the thing to shoot. The QSI camera is monochrome with a color filter wheel and since the comet is moving it’s not really possible to do sequential color. So this is really a monochrome image that I hand colored to show what the comet actually looks like. Of course, there is also special processing to make the comet appear stationary: The sub-exposures were stacked twice; once for the comet and again for stars. The comet was then “clipped” from its frame, cleaned up to […]