Comet Catalina
Taken by Malcolm Park on January 18, 2016 @
Bloomfield, ON
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Camera Used: NIKON CORPORATION NIKON D810A
Exposure Time: 300/1
Aperture: f/2.8
ISO: 800
Date Taken: 2016:01:18 13:30:01
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FINALLY! a clear morning, after the moon had set. Likely my last chance to image Catalina before the moon washes it out and it fades away. It was -15c with a bonechilling wind that made it feel like -25c this morning. But such is the price of clear skies in a Canadian winter :( I woke up to my alarm at 4:30 and went outside to my backyard observatory, to find the door frozen shut from recent freezing rain! I managed to get in eventually, and took this image of Comet Catalina with my Nikon DSLR and Sigma 50mm f/1.4 lens. This is a single 5 minute exposure. Its amazing to me that the first time I saw this comet at the end of September, it was just emerging from the glow of the sun before sunrise, then I saw it near Arcturus a couple of weeks ago in Bootes, and now its in the Big Dipper. Quite a tour of the sky!
Photographer's website:
http://www.photopark.ca
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