Timelapse of Comet C/2023 A3 (Tsuchinshan-ATLAS) setting in the Western Horizon

[@TheLostSpark-x2n]

Absolutely Awesome Work Naz!!

[@Naztronomy]

Thank you so much 😊

[@DeepSpaceAstro]

Once again, awesome Naz!

[@Naztronomy]

Thanks, Rich 😊

[@elefja1]

Saw it here in the SF Bay area! So cool, my first comet that I've seen!

[@Naztronomy]

Awesome! Congrats on your first comet, it's definitely a good one. Hopefully there will be more coming our way soon.

[@huf67]

I'm heading out now to try and get some shots. We tried last night but a little cloud cover got in our way.

[@Naztronomy]

Wishing you clear skies tonight!

[@darrenedwards2549]

Nice capture

[@adamc1966]

I saw it tonight from northern California !

[@Naztronomy]

Awesome!

[@jimcraig8754]

Challenge accepted! I'm heading out this evening to see if I can do a timelapse as well.

[@Naztronomy]

Yay! Wishing you clear and dark skies!

[@SAnnappa-u2k]

Watch the spectacular bright planet venus. Very bright through nacked eye.

[@dadwhitsett]

So many questions: Camera? Lens. F stop ? Duration? Total # frames? Stacking? Software? ❤

[@Naztronomy]

Good questions! I used a Canon T2i with Samyang 135mm lens, f/2.8, ISO-200, 673 frames in total. This is half an hour compressed to half a minute. The length of each exposure differed from 0.8 sec to 6 secs as the sky got darker. I didn't do any stacking but I adjusted the exposure and contrast in Lightroom. I also have images from my small refractor that I'm hoping to stack but I don't know how well that will go.

[@dadwhitsett]

@@Naztronomy thanks. Very helpful info. Nice imaging.

[@elbot_5616]

@@Naztronomy Do you shoot in Av mode ?

[@Naztronomy]

@@elbot_5616 I shoot in Manual mode. My lens is a manual lens so AV mode won't really work, it'll say the aperture is F00 or something and not be able to adjust it. But I think it'll adjust the time (not 100% sure).

[@elbot_5616]

@@Naztronomy thank you, so you change the exposure time manually? How do you choose what time you shoot with ?

[@kathyweckerle6880]

Very odd, other time lapse videos of comets show the stars moving along with it. In this one, stars are still.

[@Naztronomy]

The stars are definitely moving in this timelapse as well. The trees in the horizon are standing still though.