Comet, second try

Comet Tsuchinshan–ATLAS, flying toward its tail, away from the Sun.

I shot the comet this time with a real camera: my Sony a7iv with a FE 70-200 mm F2.8 GM OSS II lens set at f3.5 at 135mm for 10 seconds on a shitty tripod I got at a thrift shop for $5. (I have good ones elsewhere.) This was at 8:40pm, just as the moon was rising behind my back and before dusk had turned to night with plenty of unwanted light from street lamps and the other usual challenges.

I couldn’t see it, but my iPhone 16 Pro Max did:

Using other shots I maneuvered myself to a place where the camera was in shadow from street lights and I could put the camera and tripod on the sidewalk while locating the comet to the right of that evergreen tree, so it was easy to aim in the general direction and get the shot.

If it’s clear again tomorrow night, I’ll go find a darker place at a later time and see what I can do.