| Camera |
Canon 20Da |
| Date |
11/06/06 |
| Description |
Comet Swan. The comet passed by earth
this year and had an unexpected brightening in late
October and early November. The SOHO spacecraft recorded
images of the comet as early as June 2006 on the SWAN
camera. It brightened on October 23 and 24 so that you
could see it with your naked eye if you lived in a dark
sky area. We needed binoculars. |
| Processing |
I haven't really learned how to
photograph Comets yet. This shot is a combination of 23
individual 30 second exposures. I used a "median"
combine to remove all the of stars. Then I combined the
result with one of the original images (with stars
present) to bring back a star field. Sometime will learn
how to track the comet and get the tail with longer
exposures. |
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