Looking For The Comet

It's been a busy year for celestial events. First was the solar eclipse, then the Northern Lights (which were visible again this month, but of course its as when we were on vacation at a place too far south to see them!). And then there was a comet, which decided to pass through our planetary neighborhood.

One night Jonah and I headed out to try to see it. We decided to go to the Two Rivers Park Bridge, and arrived around sunset. There were already several photographers there, but unfortunately the comet wasn't visible. It was hidden behind one of the hills along the river. Oh well.

The next night we tried again, and headed to the Junction Bridge in downtown Little Rock. We arrived and actually saw one of the other photographers from the night before already there.





But as it got dark, we had trouble finding the comet. Luckily the other photographer had managed to find it. It was there in the sky, but just really faint. It did show up in long exposures though, here in the top right of the picture above the bridges...