SUMMARY
Photographer Brent Hall planned to capture Comet PanSTARRS from a New Mexico hillside but discovered his chosen location faced direct light pollution from his town. Despite scouting and setting up his Canon EOS R6 Mark II with a 35mm lens, the comet was too faint to be visible. After the comet attempt, Hall turned his Canon EOS R5 Mark II south towards the Milky Way, successfully capturing and processing a stacked image from the same light-polluted area.
TAKEAWAYS
Light pollution from a nearby town prevented the capture of Comet PanSTARRS.
The photographer used a Canon EOS R6 Mark II and a Canon RF 24-70mm f/2.8L lens for the comet attempt.
Hall successfully photographed the Milky Way from the same location after the comet failed.
A four-app workflow was used to process the Milky Way image.