Post date: Jan 11, 2015 5:42:10 AM
Mackenzie took her first astro photographs at Broemmelsiek Park. The images were taken with a Nikon D5200 Full Spectrum Modified camera and Nikor 55-300 mm lens. A Spencer Visible + H-Alpha filter was over the lens. The camera was mounted on a German Equatorial Orion Mini EQ1 mount with motor, unguided.
Comet C-2014 Q2 Lovejoy; January 10, 2015 02:07 UTC
Total exposure of 6 minutes 20 seconds at ISO-3200 with 13 light, 10 dark, 20 bias and 10 flat frames. Photographed by Mackenzie Neubert.
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NGC1976 (M42), NGC1982 (M43) and B33 in Orion; January 10, 2015 03:42 UTC
Total exposure of 3 minutes 20 seconds at ISO-3200 with 7 light, 10 dark, 20 bias and 10 flat frames. Photographed by Mackenzie Neubert.
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