This is from March of 2023. I like the way the trees and the clouds seem to have similar shapes.

Autumn Comet! Comet C/2023 A3 (Tsuchinshan–ATLAS) tonight, southwest of Bloomington, IN. 🔭🧪 This stacks 34 x 8" (about 4.5 min total) on a crappy Nikon 55mm f/5.6 lens at ISO 1600. Some photoshop to clean up and accentuate the fall colors and increase contrast to see the *very* long tail.

Thursday's sky.

I loved this paragraph, from Ladies of the Canyons (Lesley Poling-Kempes). The year is 1903, and Natalie is Natalie Curtis, later Natalie Curtis Burlin. I wish we knew the guide's name. She might have avoided giving it to protect the guide from trouble with the Bureau of Indian Affairs.

More info about the comet: skyandtelescope.org/press-releas...

Bright Comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS Climbs into Evening View

The highly anticipated Comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS will come into evening view for Northern Hemisphere observers starting October 11th.

I saw the comet! Only through binoculars, and that only after I took a photo to locate it (the camera is more sensitive than my eyes). But I saw the comet!

The U.S. was at the time attempting to assimilate Native Americans into Anglo-American culture and stop them from using their own language and singing their songs.

I loved this paragraph, from Ladies of the Canyons (Lesley Poling-Kempes). The year is 1903, and Natalie is Natalie Curtis, later Natalie Curtis Burlin. I wish we knew the guide's name. She might have avoided giving it to protect the guide from trouble with the Bureau of Indian Affairs.

Tuesday's sky. Twilight clouds.

I haven't seen it yet; I hope I'll get to see it tomorrow night.