MarkSulo
An Omen in the Sky
Comet C/2023 A3 Tsuchinshan-ATLAS, the current cometary visitor to the inner Solar system, projected in the dusk sky above the moonlit ruin of the Lietava Castle, one of the most extensive medieval fortresses in Slovakia, near the town of Žilina.
single shot (F/1.8 iso-1000 5s) partially overlayed with a stack of 22 exposures (F/1.8 iso-800 6s) to enhance the starry sky and first of all the long comet tail
camera: Pentax K-5II
lens: Samyang 24mm F1.4 ED AS UMC
software: Darktable, Siril, GIMP
*Photo appeared in the local Internet media Zilinak
**Awarded 2nd place in the Astrofoto 2024, competition held by Slovak central observatory Hurbanovo, in the category Variations on the theme Sky - Astromaster and subsequently published in Kozmos 3/2005 magazine.
An Omen in the Sky
Comet C/2023 A3 Tsuchinshan-ATLAS, the current cometary visitor to the inner Solar system, projected in the dusk sky above the moonlit ruin of the Lietava Castle, one of the most extensive medieval fortresses in Slovakia, near the town of Žilina.
single shot (F/1.8 iso-1000 5s) partially overlayed with a stack of 22 exposures (F/1.8 iso-800 6s) to enhance the starry sky and first of all the long comet tail
camera: Pentax K-5II
lens: Samyang 24mm F1.4 ED AS UMC
software: Darktable, Siril, GIMP
*Photo appeared in the local Internet media Zilinak
**Awarded 2nd place in the Astrofoto 2024, competition held by Slovak central observatory Hurbanovo, in the category Variations on the theme Sky - Astromaster and subsequently published in Kozmos 3/2005 magazine.