Tuesday 10/15/2024 I packed up my trusty Nikon D5100 and SLIK tripod and headed over to Daniels Park in Sedalia, CO to try to capture my first comet. I met a few people and we talked about the Northern Lights while waiting for it to get dark enough to hopefully get a glimpse of this spectacular comet. At around 7:15 it made it’s self clear to the naked eye and most of us present took pictures with either camera’s or our smart phones. Below you will see my results of both my DLSR and smart phone.
Update 11-9-24: I’ve added a new picture taken on 10/23/2024, also after talking with my father and going through some old pictures. This is the second comet I have photographed. The first was Hale-Bopp photographed from Conifer, CO on 3/29/1997 click here to see that image.
Nikon D5100 stock
Nikkor 50mm lens
ISO 1600
f/2.8
1/3 second
Nikon D5100 stock
Nikkor 50mm lens
ISO 1600
f/2.8
1.3 seconds
iPhone 15 Pro
24mm
ISO 4000
f/1.78
10 Seconds
Nikon D5100 stock
Nikkor 135mm lens
f/5.6
iOptron SkyGuider (https://www.ioptron.com/product-p/3500.htm)
- 18 light frames @ 30 seconds each
- 10 bias frames
- 9 flat frames
- 5 dark frames
Stacked and processed in Siril & GraXpert with some additional processing in Photoshop
Noise reduction done in Topaz AI.
