{"id":5986,"date":"2013-03-11T13:30:34","date_gmt":"2013-03-11T03:30:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ayton.id.au\/wp02\/?p=5986"},"modified":"2013-03-11T13:34:11","modified_gmt":"2013-03-11T03:34:11","slug":"comet-c2011-l4-panstarrs-with-olympus-e-m5-and-75mm-f1-8-lens","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.ayton.id.au\/wp02\/?p=5986","title":{"rendered":"Comet C\/2011 L4 PANSTARRS with Olympus E-M5 and 75mm f\/1.8 lens – time to get your camera out on the 12th March for crescent moon and comet image!"},"content":{"rendered":"

2013 is shaping up as a great year for astrophotographers<\/a> with a few comets around to have fun with although none as aesthetically beautiful as the awesome Comet McNaught of 2007<\/a>.<\/p>\n

I recently posted an shot of comet Lemmon as it passed the Tucanae globular cluster and the Small Magellanic Cloud galaxy here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

On the 2nd of March 2013, I drove down to one of Melbourne’s bayside beaches to get a shot of Comet C\/2011 L4 PANSTARRS comet just after sunset using the Olympus E-M5<\/a> Micro Four Thirds camera<\/a> with Olympus 75mm f\/1.8 lens<\/a> mounted on a tripod.<\/p>\n

Unfortunately I miscalculated where the comet would set in relation to the beach and highway traffic headlights became problematic, nevertheless I think it is a lovely shot with the Dromana beach on a balmy warm night as a couple enjoyed the romantic ambience oblivious to the comet.<\/p>\n

ISO 3200, f\/1.8, 1 second exposure:<\/p>\n

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Tomorrow night (12th March 2013) at sunset for those in Europe, America and Africa, they should get a lovely opportunity to photograph a thin crescent moon next to the comet just after sunset<\/strong> – unfortunately in Australia, the moon is too close to the sun at sunset and will set before the comet becomes visible in the twilight, although we may get a chance the following night on the 13th March if clouds do not obscure the view.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

2013 is shaping up as a great year for astrophotographers with a few comets around to have fun with although none as aesthetically beautiful as the awesome Comet McNaught of 2007. I recently posted an shot of comet Lemmon as it passed the Tucanae globular cluster and the Small Magellanic Cloud galaxy here. On the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[148,3],"tags":[93,233,240,18,241,14],"class_list":["post-5986","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-astrophotography-photography","category-photography","tag-astrophotography","tag-comet","tag-e-m5","tag-four-thirds-micro","tag-micro-four-thirds","tag-olympus"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t