Comet C 2013/A1 47 Tuc Conjunction

[Andy01 (Andy)]

Hi folks,

Firstly a big thankyou to Cometcatcher for sharing his knowledge and posting the guide to comet stacking and to Rat156 for raising the bar on technique to strive for with this subject.

This is taken under dark skies in country Victoria, thanks to The Bluester for assistance throughout the night.

I really wanted to try this, but until saturday morning I had no real idea of what to do until I saw Cometcatcher's posting. This is my first attempt at comet stacking and merging/processing.
Crikey it wasn't easy guys, esp on the mac without sigma stacking available!

Anyway, here is my result, thanks for looking. High res here...http://www.astrobin.com/full/117950/0/

14x60 secs for the comet, 10 x 120 secs for 47 tuc, darks, flats and a whole lot of PS in postproduction.

[The_bluester (Paul)]

All good. It was a fascinating night. Especially thinking about stacking objects with large relative motion to give sharp stars and sharp comet in the one frame.

Great variety of colours in 47tuc as well.

[cometcatcher (Kevin)]

Nice one Andrew.

[rat156]

Nice to see the finished result. Great picture, well done.

There are some nice momentos of the event on IIS now, well done to all.

Unlike imaging deep sky stuff, catching comets requires you to get it right the first time, you may not get another shot at it.

Cheers
Stu

[traveller (Bo)]

Well done Andrew,
Excellent result!
Bo

[BruceG (Bruce)]

A wonderful image has resulted from your dedication and the guidance and assistance from this great community. It always delights me to see what can be achieved with common goals and sharing ideas and techniques.
Congrats to all involved.
Bruce.

[Camelopardalis (Dunk)]

Beautiful Andy

[MortonH]

Fantastic!

[DJT (David)]

What a great image. Well done that man