#COMET LEONARD STELLARIUM FREE#
Since I started actual astrophotography a few years ago, mainly of planets and comets so far, I’ve used Stellarium’s free planetarium software. It’s more a journal of my intermittent meandering into this nocturnal imaging niche. yet! So, this blog post is definitely not a guide to astrophotography. Other than my long lenses, I don’t have any specialist gear such as a star tracker or a lens warmer lens warmer. So, I’m really chancing my arm at this astrophotography lark - ahem 😊. For this, I usually shoot the Moon in a land or sea context. One of my regular “places” over the last decade, or so, is my long-term lunatic project around Dublin Bay the City Centre Irish Moonscapes. I’ve been an active photographer for over 20 years now, starting with birds and then expanding to people, places and wildlife. I’ll do a follow up blog about that in a few weeks time – and I’ll also include previously unpublished shots of Neowise over Dublin landmarks.Ĭomet Leonard was much dimmer than Neowise, at least when it was visible from Ireland, so I wasn’t sure if I could get it at all, much less get a good picture.
It was my second comet shoot, following Neowise over Lough Ree on the River Shannon in 2020 Comet Neowise by John Coveney. My article in the February 2022 issue of Astronomy Ireland. In the article, I promised a longer version here on my blog and this is it – albeit a bit later than intended! I was thrilled to see my four-shot composite of Comet Leonard in the January 2022 issue of Astronomy Ireland magazine – and even happier when I was asked to write an article about how I got it for the following month’s issue.
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