Backyard Stargazing and Amateur Astronomy in Suffolk, Virginia USA
I took this picture on the 24th around 10:00 PM. It’s a wide field shot piggy back mounted on my scope – 50mm at f/3 for 1 minute. Saturn is the very bright object down and left of center and comet Lulin is up and to the right.
Very cold and clear this morning, started observing at 3:00 AM. I set the scope up and polar aligned it earlier in the evening so I would not have to spend as much time aligning it in the cold. Checked the alignment, made a couple of adjustments and then went searching for comet Lulin. Found [...]
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