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The weather was about to change and the comet was about to fade. I knew this would be my last chance to get a more detailed picture of Comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS. So I went to one of my favorite campgrounds at the southern end of the Bighorn Mountains. The dark sky and dry air here is great for stargazing and you can’t beat the price (free). On top of a rugged canyon rim, the Middle Fork of the Powder River stretched out below to the west. After setting up my star tracking mount I captured as many pictures as I could. Normally I’m limited to a 10 second exposure with this lens before the stars trail due to Earth’s rotation. But a star tracking mount let me shoot up to 10 minutes, revealing fainter stars, dust clouds of the Milky Way, and other details. While my camera took pictures, I peered through my telescope at the comet, planets, and galaxies.

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Kevin Palmer
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Recent Work, Wyoming, Comets, Night Sky
The weather was about to change and the comet was about to fade. I knew this would be my last chance to get a more detailed picture of Comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS. So I went to one of my favorite campgrounds at the southern end of the Bighorn Mountains. The dark sky and dry air here is great for stargazing and you can’t beat the price (free). On top of a rugged canyon rim, the Middle Fork of the Powder River stretched out below to the west. After setting up my star tracking mount I captured as many pictures as I could. Normally I’m limited to a 10 second exposure with this lens before the stars trail due to Earth’s rotation. But a star tracking mount let me shoot up to 10 minutes, revealing fainter stars, dust clouds of the Milky Way, and other details. While my camera took pictures, I peered through my telescope at the comet, planets, and galaxies.