[Leica] IMG: Comet NEOWISE 2020

Peter Dzwig pdzwig at summaventures.com
Thu Jul 9 11:15:14 PDT 2020


Great shot! Hope to see it soon. Weather here rubbish!

Peter

On 08/07/2020 13:46, Adam Bridge via LUG wrote:
> Got up at 4:00 AM this morning and drove out north of town to get away from the city lights. Set up the tripod. Looked for comet NEOWISE in the NE sky but couldn’t pick it out but a pair of (Leica - see? on topic) binoculars found it right away.
> 
> Astro photography is a bit of a different thing for me. I made some mistakes. I should have used the delay on the camera so I got a bit of tripod shake. But I did make a comet photo!
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> <https://adam-bridge.smugmug.com/MiscUsage/Astronomy/i-DwpdHCL/A>
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> Fujifilm GFX100 with 250mm f4 lens. 1.3 seconds @ ISO 2000.
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> It was fun to see the comet which was naked-eye visible as my eyes got adjusted. Of course the sky was lightening also.
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> Thanks for looking!
> 
> Adam Bridge
> Davis, CA
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Dr. Peter Dzwig


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