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Mousetoescamper

(5,835 posts)
Tue Oct 15, 2024, 12:01 AM Oct 2024

80,000-year haul: Comet C/2023 A3 Tsuchinshan-ATLAS tonight!

The comet was obscured by clouds after sunset, but patience paid off and by 7:40 PM I was able to get this photo. Taken along the Susquehanna River, south of Veteran's Memorial Bridge in Columbia, PA.




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80,000-year haul: Comet C/2023 A3 Tsuchinshan-ATLAS tonight! (Original Post) Mousetoescamper Oct 2024 OP
What a picture! Celestial. Arne Oct 2024 #1
Thanks! Mousetoescamper Oct 2024 #3
Mother Nature has the best... 3catwoman3 Oct 2024 #2
Indeed! Mousetoescamper Oct 2024 #5
Patience pays off. Great shot! brer cat Oct 2024 #4
Thanks! Mousetoescamper Oct 2024 #6
Omigod, my dear Mousetoescamper! CaliforniaPeggy Oct 2024 #7
Thanks! Mousetoescamper Oct 2024 #9
The clouds have been pretty bad lately. I'll have a look. I'd love to get a shot like yours! CaliforniaPeggy Oct 2024 #10
Give me coordinates!! usonian Oct 2024 #8
Tomorrow night will offer the best view for at least 80,000 years. Mousetoescamper Oct 2024 #11
Nay, thank YOU. usonian Oct 2024 #19
Your directions/instructions are exactly what I need! I am copying them. CaliforniaPeggy Oct 2024 #21
You are most welcome! Mousetoescamper Oct 2024 #23
. . . CaliforniaPeggy Oct 2024 #25
Very cool! Thanks for the pic Pas-de-Calais Oct 2024 #12
Thanks! Mousetoescamper Oct 2024 #13
An incredibly beautiful photo!! ailsagirl Oct 2024 #14
Thanks! Mousetoescamper Oct 2024 #15
That's one for the history books! Dem2theMax Oct 2024 #16
Thanks! Mousetoescamper Oct 2024 #17
Comet ms.pamela Oct 2024 #18
Thanks! Mousetoescamper Oct 2024 #20
Very nice! 2naSalit Oct 2024 #22
Thanks! Mousetoescamper Oct 2024 #24
Looks like a painting...absolutely beautiful 👍... MiHale Oct 2024 #26
Thanks! Mousetoescamper Oct 2024 #28
What a gorgeous picture! nocoincidences Oct 2024 #27
Thanks! Mousetoescamper Oct 2024 #29
Even with the lights from the bridge, it's so vibrant against that blue sky. A fantastic sight n thanks for sharing Deuxcents Oct 2024 #30
Thanks! Mousetoescamper Oct 2024 #31
Nice shot! Grumpy Old Guy Oct 2024 #32
Thanks! Mousetoescamper Oct 2024 #33

CaliforniaPeggy

(153,137 posts)
7. Omigod, my dear Mousetoescamper!
Tue Oct 15, 2024, 12:23 AM
Oct 2024

Stunning! Amazing! Incredible!

Well, you get the idea.

So very first rate. This is worthy of being printed and hung on one of your walls.



Mousetoescamper

(5,835 posts)
9. Thanks!
Tue Oct 15, 2024, 12:47 AM
Oct 2024

Tomorrow night's show should be spectacular as well, weather permitting. The comet will be visible with the unaided eye for the rest of the month but will move higher in the sky and fade with each passing day. If you can, I highly recommend you try to shoot the comet tomorrow night.

CaliforniaPeggy

(153,137 posts)
10. The clouds have been pretty bad lately. I'll have a look. I'd love to get a shot like yours!
Tue Oct 15, 2024, 12:53 AM
Oct 2024

~sigh~

usonian

(16,392 posts)
8. Give me coordinates!!
Tue Oct 15, 2024, 12:32 AM
Oct 2024

I’ve been looking and looking. Actually a star map would help.

I had an eye exam today and things are OK!!!

A great photo!

I’ll tell you something. I grew up in city suburbs, and when I see lots of stars, I can’t make out the constellations.

I am so used to seeing just a handful. An embarrassment of riches.

Life’s weird.

Mousetoescamper

(5,835 posts)
11. Tomorrow night will offer the best view for at least 80,000 years.
Tue Oct 15, 2024, 01:17 AM
Oct 2024

Look west after sunset (the sun sets almost directly west this time of year) and find Venus to the south (or to your left) and Arcturus, a bright evening star, to the north. The comet is between the planet and the star, higher in the sky than Venus and a little south of where the sun sets. I was the first to sight it tonight among a group of comet watchers gathered along the river. Tomorrow will be the final night it will be easily seen with unaided eyes before it continues to fade as it rises higher in the sky.

I highly recommend that you take your camera or cellphone out tomorrow night, conditions permitting, and try to shoot this amazing celestial occurrence. I saw some pretty good cellphone shots taken by some of my fellow comet watchers tonight. I used a Canon R8 with a 100-400mm lens. Shot at ISO 800, f5 for 11.5 seconds.

Thanks!



usonian

(16,392 posts)
19. Nay, thank YOU.
Tue Oct 15, 2024, 02:31 AM
Oct 2024

I scanned the sky a couple of evenings with a coolpix, so I had a vast array of focal lengths available, but saw nothing.

I'll take your info, and when i see it, all my cameras (well, ALMOST all) will be ready.

Many thanks for the tips! 🔭

YAY

CaliforniaPeggy

(153,137 posts)
21. Your directions/instructions are exactly what I need! I am copying them.
Tue Oct 15, 2024, 03:32 AM
Oct 2024

I'm just going down to the beach and from there it should be good--unless we're clouded out.

Thank you!

Dem2theMax

(10,613 posts)
16. That's one for the history books!
Tue Oct 15, 2024, 01:44 AM
Oct 2024

I'm so happy when people share these photos. I live in a bit of a canyon. So not much is visible here. Would love to have seen this with my own eyes, but I am very grateful to see such an incredible photo like this!

Mousetoescamper

(5,835 posts)
17. Thanks!
Tue Oct 15, 2024, 02:09 AM
Oct 2024

You'll get a chance to see it with unaided eyes tomorrow night, conditions permitting. The western view from my city home is blocked by houses and trees. I traveled 12 miles west to get an unobstructed view and an interesting setting for the photo. If you're able, I highly recommend you find a high spot to view this amazing celestial occurrence!

2naSalit

(95,921 posts)
22. Very nice!
Tue Oct 15, 2024, 05:15 AM
Oct 2024

I saw it for the first time on Sunday evening, it's huge!

It's been cloudy, just enough to obscure it in the west or too damn smoky to see it clearly. Glad it will be around for a few more days.

Deuxcents

(21,268 posts)
30. Even with the lights from the bridge, it's so vibrant against that blue sky. A fantastic sight n thanks for sharing
Tue Oct 15, 2024, 02:35 PM
Oct 2024

It’s a perfect picture

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