Photo Details

Night-/Starscape and Astro-photography with/without filter

Name: Anna Didenko

Country of residence: Russia

Country where picture is taken: Russia

Title of the Picture: 13 serge pillars & Neowise c/2020 f3

Camera nikon d750

Lens nikkor 24 / 1.4 g

Filter: Close Up

ISO 800

Aperture 1.6

Shutter Speed: 15 seconds

Comment: Comet Neowise c/2020 f3 was spotted in Eastern Siberia in July 2020. The photo was taken at the sacred center of the northern shamanic world, about. Olkhon, which is part of the Baikal National Park. Comet neowise c/2020 f3 is unique in the presence of two tails at once - the bluish gas (ionic) tail glows due to the fluorescence of C2 and CN molecules, the golden tail consists of dust. Filming the flight of a comet over Baikal is problematic, because weather changes on the island are unpredictable, and at night it is usually cloudy. During the author's week-long stay on the island, there were only a few hours of cloudless night sky, the only opportunity to photograph the comet, which the Earth will next see in 6800 years.