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~ Comet Leonard in a twilight sky on the 19th December 2021 ~

12/20/2021

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Position of Comet Leonard on the 19th December 2021 with Stellarium Plus App
I really had everything against me in finding this comet, a very light twilight sky with lots of passing cloud, trees and hundreds of mosquitoes biting me!

Comet Leonard is very small and faint, I could not see it visually but picked it up with my camera…
​I’m so happy that I captured a picture :-)

First Image taken at 7.48pm with a Canon 70D camera and Canon 70-200mm lens @200mm, the exposure was 4 seconds and ISO500 set up on a camera tripod.

The second Image below was taken with same lens @70mm, ISO640 and 2 second exposure.

​To view other images being taken worldwide of the Comet Leonard please go to Spaceweather.com at: https://spaceweathergallery.com/index.php?title=leonard


​~ Comet Leonard with Venus in very light twilight sky on 19th December 2021 ~

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~ Gorgeous Pink & Purple ‘Magenta’ Sunset at Foxbar Falls, Stanthorpe ~

12/18/2021

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Every now and then you see one of these incredible sunsets that just takes your breath away! This sunset was like a painting with that gorgeous pink and purple colours that when seen together like this, look like the colour of magenta.

These rare coloured sunsets are caused by molecules and small particles on the earth’s atmosphere scattering the light rays from the Sun…amazing isn’t it!

After taking those sunset pictures, I turned around and saw the beautiful December full Moon rising in the eastern sky through a soft band of pink cloud…. two magical moments provided by our Sun and Moon :-)

My images were taken with a Canon 70D camera and an 18-400mm Tamron lens.
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    I just love being under the heavens, come on a journey with me and I’ll share some of the amazing wonders of the Universe with you. Noeleen :-)

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