Comet Faux-Legerdemain (with all due apologies to our gallery’s spiritual leader)

As a wee lad I would hunch over Sky and Telescope magazine, marveling at the grainy images of comets captured on ‘gas-hypered 2415 recording film’. I dreamt of the day when I too could afford a hypering tank. Who knew that the iPhone would capsize the film-hypering industry with a single blow?
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Location
In the gutter, but looking at the stars. Or maybe not...
Equipment Used
iPhone
Exposure
2 hours through H-beta filter, Celestron C-8 with auto-guider
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Jon Koss
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Pshaw, come to think of it, that son of a gun Marshall owes me five bucks. Wonder where he’s got to anyway? Maybe I’ll look him up on LinkedIn...
 

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Device
Apple iPhone 7 Plus
Aperture
ƒ/1.8
Focal length
4.0 mm
Exposure time
1/1709 second(s)
ISO
20
Flash
Off, did not fire
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Date taken
Fri, 20 October 2017 12:56 PM
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1512px x 1512px

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