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Comet Photography Lens Tests As the Rosetta comet landing approaches this morning, here's a collection of time-lapse videos I've taken of comets in the past year, testing different lenses, camera and mounting methods (fixed and star tracking).  There were all fairly faint comets, not visible to the naked eye, requiring binoculars or a telephoto lens to locate.  (One of the first sequences I labelled as being taken on a tracking mount was accidentally mislabeled, it should be fairly obvious once you see the following clips.)   http://youtu.be/B-PCqS1KAT8?list=PLlLN6Bdq3jrl9OItgxV25czS-F1N1OLr7 #astrophotography   #nightphotography   #cometphotography   Originally shared by Jeff Sullivan Photographing Comets Comet Siding Spring will approach Mars tonight and pass the red planet tomorrow, Sunday October 19, 2014. I performed many lens and exposure tests on Comet Lovejoy in late 2013 and early 2014, with and without a star-tracking mount. Here are some of the results, rendered as ...

How to Photograph Comet Siding Spring by Mars This Weekend Comet Siding Spring is approaching and passing Mars this weekend, October 18-19.   I've placed some notes and sample images on my blog to help you pursue photos of the event: http://activesole.blogspot.com/2014/10/how-to-photograph-comet-siding-spring-by-Mars.html #CometSidingSpring   #Mars   #space   #nightphotography   #astrophotography   #astronomy   #news

Photographing Comets Comet Siding Spring will approach Mars tonight and pass the red planet tomorrow, Sunday October 19, 2014. I performed many lens and exposure tests on Comet Lovejoy in late 2013 and early 2014, with and without a star-tracking mount. Here are some of the results, rendered as time-lapse video. The music used for this clip is "My Celestial Spacesuit" by 2Placid: https://www.facebook.com/abstraktprizmuk See my YouTube channel for more night photography: http://www.youtube.com/user/JeffSullivanPhoto I'm processing time-lapse video from the total lunar eclipse last week, and the Orionid meteor shower is active this week, so I'll probably upload videos from those events later this week. I hope to also capture some footage of Comet Siding Spring near Mars, weather permitting. You can see a cool NASA visualization of how Comet Siding Spring will pass Mars in this video: http://youtu.be/FG4KsatjFeI #comet #Mars #cometsidingspring #astronomy #astropho...