I wanted to get out of the house and shoot fog this morning. Fortunately, there was some fog after all the rain over the last couple days though not as much as I hoped for. I chose Rattlesnake Ridge for its nice views of Lake Maumelle, Pinnacle Mountain, and the unnamed valley to the south of Lake Maumelle.
Panorama of the Unnamed Valley.
“Flash” cascade near the trailhead
While my DSLR was shooting the Orion Molecular Cloud Complex, my C11 (Elf) and ASI294MC Pro (which has no name) was shooting the currently famous comet at f/1.9. Below we have the result of 120 60 second images with both the comet and stars stacked independently. I’ve seen better but this one is mine. Taken Friday evening at the River Ridge Observatory.
To be honest, it was a full spectrum modified DSLR with a dual narrowband filter to let hydrogen alpha light through. This image was made from 45 two minute images with a 50mm lens on a Canon T5i. Tracking but not guided.
Barnard’s Loop is part of the Orion molecular cloud complex which includes the Orion Nebula (below center). The bright star in the upper left is Betelgeuse while the one in the lower right is Rigel.
