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Community photo entitled MVC in the sky by Abhijit Patil on 10/19/2024 at San Mateo, California, USA

MVC in the sky

On 10/19/2024 07:45 pm by Abhijit Patil | Website | San Mateo, California, USA

As an astrophotographer, this is the first time I am capturing a comet with the MW. I am sure this is the case with many night owls like me. I would like to term this as a rare occurrence and a very beautiful one. Earlier I have shot Jupiter along the MW but photographing Venus and the Comet was truly a surreal experience.
I tried to time the photograph so that Venus would be exactly on top of the pointed rocky structure and MW, Venus and Comet would form a V shape over the inverted V of the rock. But only if things were that damn perfect! But nonetheless I was happy that I could document this occurrence with my camera!

8panel x 2 row panorama
Sky tracked at f/2.0, 20sec, ISO640, 50mm each
FG at f/4, 60s, ISO800, 50mm each

Nikon Z6ii(Astromodded), Nikkor 50mm f/1.8
Kolari Vision - UV/IR cut + Ha bandpass filter
iOptron Skyguider Pro star tracker

Processed in Lightroom and Photoshop