Yesterday was an exciting day to follow comet ISON through it's passage close to the Sun. I followed the events on NASA:s live Google Hangout and it was exciting to see the development. At first it looked like ISON broke up and that it didn't survive the close encounter with the Sun, but new reports this morning shows that something did survive, so it will be interesting to see what this comet that is full of surprises has in store for us.
Inspired by all the talk of comets I defied the bad weather forecasts for last night and went out to capture another comet named Lovejoy. This is a 4,5 minute exposure of the comet showing it's core and tail. Hopefully the weather will be better soon so I can get better images of this comet.
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Friday, November 29, 2013
Monday, November 25, 2013
Comet ISON over Storsjön in Östersund
Kometen ISON närmar sig solen allt mer. Den 20 november var första gången jag fick tillfälle att fotografera denna omtalade komet. Tyvärr börjar den komma så nära solen nu att den är svår att fotografera. Det hade det redan börjat ljusna en aning efter att ISON kommit upp över horisonten. Den 28 november kommer ISON att runda solen (perihelium) och det blir spännande att se om den överlever den passagen eller om den bryts sönder. Håller den samman så får vi nya chanser att se kometen då den lämnar vårt solsystem.
I övre vänstra hörnet ser ni en närbild av kometen och i bilden till höger har jag ökat ljusstyrkan i bilden för att kometsvansen skall framträda.
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Comet ISON is rapidly closing in on the Sun. On November 20 I finally got to photograph ISON. Unfortunately it's hard to photograph the comet now since it's already so close to the Sun. The sky had already begin to brighten just after ISON came up over the horizon. On 28 November, ISON will be at it closest tot the Sun (perihelion) and it will be interesting to see if it survives the passage or if it will break up. If it holds together, we'll get new views of the comet as it leaves our solar system.
In the upper left corner you can see a closeup of ISON and in the image to the right I've enhanced the brightness to better show the comets tail.
I övre vänstra hörnet ser ni en närbild av kometen och i bilden till höger har jag ökat ljusstyrkan i bilden för att kometsvansen skall framträda.
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Comet ISON is rapidly closing in on the Sun. On November 20 I finally got to photograph ISON. Unfortunately it's hard to photograph the comet now since it's already so close to the Sun. The sky had already begin to brighten just after ISON came up over the horizon. On 28 November, ISON will be at it closest tot the Sun (perihelion) and it will be interesting to see if it survives the passage or if it will break up. If it holds together, we'll get new views of the comet as it leaves our solar system.
In the upper left corner you can see a closeup of ISON and in the image to the right I've enhanced the brightness to better show the comets tail.
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