When I heard about this comet and its associated debris field / meteor shower I immediately pictured myself out in the cold tending to my steadily clicking camera. The weather was permitting nothing of that sort at night. Clear as a bell in the daytime. Turns out the daytime sky is a giant hazy blue cloud that blocks our view outward, due to the Raleigh effect caused by the size of airborne dust. (As if you hadn’t noticed.)
Was just wondering if anyone else was able to capture anything this week skyward?
Image courtesy SOHO Data (nasa.gov)
I didn’t know about that comet, but I was hoping to get out to shoot Orion and the Winter Milky Way last weekend. Sadly I didn’t get out for various reasons. I’m hoping to get out this weekend for it if the weather cooperates. Here’s a recent (partial) re-edit of Orion and the Winter Milky Way with the Zodiacal Light I took earlier this year. I need to get or create lens correction data for this lens, which will really help the corners. Processed in Siril and Darktable and blended with Gimp.
I did some primitive star reduction on this one this morning. I think I prefer it. Almost too many stars otherwise, but protecting the more prominent ones by exclusion then using the Gimp/Astronomy Tools/Round Stars.
