Comet Catalina and Venus
Taken by Alan Dyer on December 6, 2015 @
Portal, Arizona
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Camera Used: Canon Canon EOS 6D
Exposure Time: 30/1
Aperture: f/3.2
ISO: 1600
Date Taken: 2015:12:06 11:44:05
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Comet Catalina (C/2013 US10) in the pre-dawn sky, near Venus, on December 6, 2015 as shot from the Quailway Cottage near Portal Arizona, with the comet and Venus over the Peloncillo Mountains of New Mexico.
The comet was just visible in small binoculars as a fuzzy spot. Here, in the photo, its two short tails, ion and dust tail, are just visible in the bright moonlit sky (the waning crescent Moon was well above Venus this morning). Still, the comet is not as bright nor obvious, even in binoculars, as one hoped! The view may improve once the Moon departs the morning sky, but this comet is so far barely a good binocular subject. It is more a telescopic target, visually and photographically.
The field of view here is a little more than would appear in binoculars.
This is a stack of 7 x 30 second tracked exposures with the ground coming from one of the exposures. All at ISO 1600 and f/3.2 with the 135mm telephoto lens and Canon 6D. The lens iris blades provided the diffraction spikes on Venus.
Photographer's website:
http://www.amazingsky.net
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