Print - Comet A3 Tsuchinshan in October 2024!

I photographed Comet A3 Tsuchinshan on October 19, 2024 from a park outside of Portland, Oregon. This was a popular comet for photographers due to its magnitude and visibility even with the naked eye. Oregon is known for its rain in October and I only had a couple opportunities to shoot this comet. I was very excited by the resolution of this image, it is by far my best comet photograph!

This image is an integration of 61, 30-second photographs using luminance, red, green, and blue filters. Please check out my Instagram video displaying the capture of this image at: https://www.instagram.com/reel/DBkaXhPvaE-/?igsh=MWxlNXcwYzhkdnRieQ==

Equipment:   Skywatcher Esprit 120mm refractor telescope
                       ASI2600MM Camera

Software:      PixInsight; Russel Crowman’s: BlurX, StarX, NoiseX; Photoshop