Spring for astrophotographers is galaxy season. However, this spring season has brought lots of rain and storms at my home as of late. So until I can get a clear night at home, I'd like to revisit my photo of Comet Neowise in 2020. I used my old Canon DSLR Camera and placed it on a tripod along side a side road on a dark night. It seem like it took forever for me to locate the comet in the sky. But I found it and snapped up a few pictures featured below.
There are rules for setting exposures to avoid star trails on cameras. Sky and Telescope features a great article on this topic:
Astrophotographer Trevor Jones at Astrobackyard has an in-depth article on taking pictures of the stars at night at well found here:
Comet Neowise 2020
Comet Neowise is a long-period comet that was discovered in 2020 by astronomers using the NASA NEOWISE program. Learn more about the wildly successful NASA mission below.
Comets are mostly made up of ice, dust and rock. They are believed to be early remains from the formation of the solar system.
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