SUNSET: 
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Photographer:
phoralek
Location of Photo:
Spisska Bela, Slovakia
Date/Time of photo:
16 October 2024
Equipment:
Canon 6D Baader BCF modified, Sigma Art 50mm
Description:
The currently well-visible comet C/2023 A3 Tsuchinshan-ATLAS made another record as it was visible despite the bright perigee Moon. I used the Full Moon's light to illuminate the little bit hazy High Tatras mountains in Slovakia beautifully and travel to a precisely chosen place close to Spisska Bela from where the comet was setting just over the mountains. In fact, in the highest visible summit in the image, right from the comet's head, you can spot a small shining pearl--the Lomnicky Stit Observatory, where Czechoslovakian astronomers in 50s of last century discovered several other comets (including 45P/Honda-Mrkos-Pajdusakova). Used Canon 6D Baader BCF modified, Sigma Art 50mm, f1.4, ISO400, 41x6s (stacked on stars with frozen ground), tripod.
