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The photographer says it had been expected to decrease by 3 orders of magnitude, which would definitely be noticeable with the naked eye. The video in a siblin

• dylan604 3y ago
  What's expected and what actually happens are totally different things. How many times have we heard "comet of the year/decade" only for it to barely even survive the approach? A 1 minute exposure is different than highly processed video. It is definitely artificial compared to naked eye viewing due to amount of photons captured. To see it dimming over the course of 3 seconds that matches the differences seen in the long minute exposure, I doubt the average person would see it in a video, but I could be wrong. Reading about this event in the run up to it occurring, I came to the same conclusion that I would try a long exposure the same way using the equipment that I have. At least, until I realized I wasn't in the path. The amount of information that can be captured with a 1 minute exposure is totally different from a video camera running at 24-50fps. It's just one of those things that becomes better understood with experience. People want to see things moving in realtime as video, but space doesn't bother itself with your wants. Best to just do what needs to be done to get the most information possible when you're available to get it.