By Stephen Montag | 2024-02-17
On 02/16/2024 11:33 pm by Adeel Shafiq| Taqwa space observatory, Bela, Balochistan, Pakistan
A comet ☄️ in a web of Galaxies !
I recently visited Taqwa space observatory, located in Bela, Balochistan which is located in bortle 1 skies being one of the darkest skies of Pakistan.
Being an ardent lover of comets I had a wonderful opportunity of imaging comet 62P/Tsuchinshan against the backdrop of galaxies included in the Markarian Chain/ Virgo cluster of galaxies. I seized this chance and was able to photograph this periodic visitor caught in a web of galaxies and present it to you guys.
Here is comet 62P/Tsuchinshan as captured on the night of 10th February from Bela, Balochistan.
Canon 2000D, Samyang 135mm f2 lens, ioptron sky tracker
EXIF:
Lights : 51 x 60 seconds (ISO 1600, f2.8, 135mm)
Darks and Bias frames
Applications used : DSS, Pixinsight, Siril, Starnet and PS 23