Comet ISON and Planet Mars
Taken by Jimmy Westlake on October 7, 2013 @
Stagecoach, Colorado, USA
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Camera Used: NIKON CORPORATION NIKON D700
Exposure Time: 1034/10
Aperture: f/1.0
ISO: 6400
Date Taken: 2013:10:07 05:22:09
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Details:
Although faint, Comet ISON is easy to locate with a telescope because of its close proximity to the planet Mars. This image is a 103-second exposure with a Nikon D700 digital camera at ISO 6400 and a 300mm Nikkor lens at f8.0, taken at 5:22am MDT on October 7, 2013 from Stagecoach, Colorado, USA. Comet ISON is approximately 1ยบ 47' from Mars on the image. The bright star at the 2 o'clock position from Comet ISON has a magnitude of 9.68.
Photographer's website:
http://www.jwestlake.com
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