Setting Comet Timelapse Video

Comet C/2023 A3 Tsuchinshan-ATLAS, first visible to me above the western horizon at sunset yesterday, was visible again tonight with another night of clear-ish skies. There was a bit of haze (outright fog this morning) which didn’t clear until after noon, with enough hanging around so that I didn’t see the comet tonight until about 15 minutes after I did last night. But it was also higher above the horizon than last night, so it was a fair trade off.

Low-resolution screen capture from the video below. The comet starts to appear out of the twilight & haze on the right-hand side, then I shifted the camera once I could see where the comet actually was.

The little white things zipping by are jet aircraft heading down the coast off of Ventura toward LAX.

 

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