AT Shot of the Day Thread

[IronWing]

Comet Lemmon

I couldn’t find Comet Swan to save my life. I’ll try again tomorrow night.

 

[IronWing]

I found Comet Swan tonight. The tail is either facing earth or directly away from earth so it’s a smudge. At the moment, it’s not as impressive as Lemmon. I also found Lemmon again.

 

[spacejamz]

My crappy attempt at Comet Lemmon...took this with a 200-600 lens...was shocked that I even got the comet in the frame LOL

 

[Fenixgoon]

My crappy attempt at Comet Lemmon...took this with a 200-600 lens...was shocked that I even got the comet in the frame LOL

yeah i took a long shot when atlas rolled by last year. it's a pain to get and keep comets in frame at 600mm!

 

[trenchfoot]

yeah i took a long shot when atlas rolled by last year. it's a pain to get and keep comets in frame at 600mm!

If you haven't yet, check out this slick star tracker for your tripod mounted DSLR/MILC camera bodies:

https://www.skyatnightmagazine.com/advice/star-tracker-mount-astrophotography

 

[trenchfoot]

Didn't think of it until I was going through my catalogue to weed out any recent useless files and spotted these pics of our pet Sulcata (Spurred African Tortoise). His name is Lofa (pronounced Low-fah) he's 28 yrs. young, weighing in at 78lbs., he is a bulldozer, cave digger, wonderful lawnmower and wrecking machine and will probably outlive every one presently posting in this forum: edited - forgot to add warning sign.

 

[IronWing]

Cool! Do you a younger generation lined up to take him when you're gone?

 

[trenchfoot]

Cool! Do you a younger generation lined up to take him when you're gone?

My kids like Lofa a lot because he's such an unique pet to have and they all know the routine to keep him happy, so I'm pretty sure they'd fight over him come time for me to take that last trip around the sun.

The most fond memory of his time with us is when he broke the latch on our backyard gate by exploiting a space that he could wedge and bulldoze himself to freedom. Well, when it came time for me to feed him some treats he was long gone and roaming the streets of the neighborhood. Took me driving and jogging around the neighborhood in a panic thinking about all the mischief he could make and get in trouble with due to his size before I found him with this really nice lady of whom by some miracle worked at a pet hospital and somewhat knew how to keep Lofa interested in her.