After a
wonderful night at Wagman Observatory last night, I decided to stay home
tonight. It was a great night at Deer Lakes. I saw a lot of friends I hadn’t
seen in awhile and made a couple new ones while I was there.
The
comet was visible by eye as were thousands of stars that can’t be seen from my
light polluted back yard. I took lots of pictures and really enjoyed
BS’ing with friends and other star gazers. We watched the International Space
Station go overhead early in the evening and later as it passed off to the
north of the observatory. A few shooting stars were seen also. Like I said, a
great night
Shot from Wagman,
7.17.20 140mm f7.1 @ 5sc. (7.17.20 10:04PM)
Today
was extremely hot and we basically hung out in the house, hardly moving unless necessary.
After the sky darkened, I walked down my street and saw the comet with
binoculars. I could see how it had moved. The two stars it is above tonight
were the ones we used as pointer stars last night. Yesterday it was below and to the
right of the pair.
Instead of going up on a hill, I
decided to go low tonight. I drove into the valley by my house and set the
camera on the pitcher’s mound in the field at Lower Glenshaw Church. This gave
me some foreground for my shots. I only stayed for about 10-15 minutes and then
returned home. Gotta get up early tomorrow, it’s Sunday!
Shot at Lower
Glenshaw ball field, 160mm f7.1 5 sc. (7.18.20 10:11PM)
Naturally, I’m looking forward to the next viewing of the comet. It is interesting
watching it move through the sky! I hope you’re watching its passage also!
(note: by clicking on the pictures you can see a larger version)
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