Zodiacal Light at Dawn
Taken by Alan Dyer on December 6, 2013 @
At Painted Pony Resort, near Rodeo, New Mexico
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Camera Used: Canon Canon EOS 5D Mark II
Exposure Time: 135/1
Aperture: Unavailable
ISO: 1600
Date Taken: 2013:12:06 13:36:10
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This was the dawn sky on the morning of December 6, 2013 looking east from our observing site at the Painted Pony Resort in southeast New Mexico. The zodiacal light was bright pre-dawn, extending up from the horizon to high overhead. This is the glow of sunlight reflected off comet dust in the inner solar system. Adding to that cloud of dust is the remains of Comet ISON – this image takes in the position of where ISON would have appeared had it survived, with its head left of centre left of the zodiacal light and Saturn, and just above the mountain ridge. Its tail would have extended up and to the left had it grown an extensive tail as was hoped.
As it is, there is a comet in the field – Comet Lovejoy C/2013 R1 is a tiny blue blip at far left, a minor consolation prize for missing ISON. Pity ISON didn't work out, as we would have had two photogenic and naked eye comets in the dawn sky together.
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http://www.amazingsky.net
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