Even though the comet looks big, in reality, it was quite small in the sky. To capture the picture, I used a 250mm telephoto lens. To make the foreground large enough, I was 780 meters away from it.
This kind of picture is not easy to take because it needs to be planned with precision. Since the comet is small and the foreground has to be far from the camera’s position, everything needs to be perfectly aligned. I used an equatorial mount to take long-exposure shots of the comet. The sky is composed of 90 images, each with 40-second exposures, stacked together. I took a separate picture of the foreground and then assembled the two together.
A “buron” is the name of the typical old stone house found in the Aubrac region.
In this image, you can also see a huge number of galaxies! Even though a bright point in the night sky can sometimes be a galaxy rather than a star, here, if you zoom in, you can distinctly see their shapes. Did you find them? Here are a few:
[https://imgur.com/a/MeOvxvV](https://imgur.com/a/MeOvxvV)
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Hello! Here is a picture of comet 13P/Olbers that I took last month in Aubrac, France.
If you’re interested, you can find more of my work on [Instagram](https://www.instagram.com/tinmar_g/)
Even though the comet looks big, in reality, it was quite small in the sky. To capture the picture, I used a 250mm telephoto lens. To make the foreground large enough, I was 780 meters away from it.
This kind of picture is not easy to take because it needs to be planned with precision. Since the comet is small and the foreground has to be far from the camera’s position, everything needs to be perfectly aligned. I used an equatorial mount to take long-exposure shots of the comet. The sky is composed of 90 images, each with 40-second exposures, stacked together. I took a separate picture of the foreground and then assembled the two together.
A “buron” is the name of the typical old stone house found in the Aubrac region.
In this image, you can also see a huge number of galaxies! Even though a bright point in the night sky can sometimes be a galaxy rather than a star, here, if you zoom in, you can distinctly see their shapes. Did you find them? Here are a few:
[https://imgur.com/a/MeOvxvV](https://imgur.com/a/MeOvxvV)
**Settings**: ISO-4000 – F/4.9 – 40 sec
**Equipment**: Canon 6D – SkyWatcher Star Adventurer – Redcat 51