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23-12-2011, 10:01 AM
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Originally Posted by iceman
If I could be bothered dragging my EQ6 out to the Coast, I'd take one exposure with tracking on, and one with tracking off, and combine them.
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I am not that cleaver Mike.
Thanks Rob.
All the best.
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23-12-2011, 11:20 AM
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Originally Posted by Lester
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Wow!!!!
How long was the exposure? Single or stacked?
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23-12-2011, 11:25 AM
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Incredible image Lester.
Wow!
Steve
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23-12-2011, 11:40 AM
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Spectacular shot
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23-12-2011, 11:45 AM
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Thanks for your comments. It is only 1 exposure of 1 minutes. I tried to stack all 11 exposures from this morning, but it is not as sharp as this image. The cloud moving around doesn't add to a stacked image IMO.
All the best.
Last edited by Lester; 23-12-2011 at 11:58 AM.
Reason: checked exposure it was only 1 minute
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23-12-2011, 11:47 AM
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Lester we hoped you got something. We got clouded out this morning, saw the comet for a moment and got a frame but nothing in the order of this. Fantastic work, especially the last image. Certain the best image I have seen so far. Send that to APOD it is bound to get up.
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23-12-2011, 11:59 AM
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Thanks for your comments Paul. Hope you get clear skies soon for another shot. All the best.
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23-12-2011, 12:00 PM
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Simply stunning Lester.
I got up this morning and had good view before the clouds came in.
Anyone know how long this will visible?
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23-12-2011, 12:29 PM
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Thanks Michael for your comments. I don't know how long it is supposed to be visible for, from my experience they can be unpredictable. I will have a search and see what I find.
Here is a link to comets including Terry's comet. There may be better links around.
http://www.ast.cam.ac.uk/~jds/
Last edited by Lester; 23-12-2011 at 12:47 PM.
Reason: added link to cometary information
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23-12-2011, 01:11 PM
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Brilliant shot , was out this morning to but the clouds spoiled the view
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23-12-2011, 01:16 PM
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Whoah that's a SUPER shot - awesomeness!
Is this comet visible from Brissie (I presume so). Might be worth starting the car up and driving a bit out of town with the tripod and cameras. What would be the best exposure (tripod, no mount)?
Dave
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23-12-2011, 01:24 PM
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Lester,
Without doubt, the most beautiful comet image I've seen.
I prefer the first image with less contrast.
Congratulations, mate.
H
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23-12-2011, 03:22 PM
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Superb work Lester, love it.
Cheers
Trevor
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23-12-2011, 03:26 PM
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Thanks Malcolm, Dave, Humayun and Trevor for your comments.
Dave, yes it would be visible from Brisbane, so long as you don't have too much light pollution to the south east with a clear horizon. Exposure will depend on camera and lens used. If you can get an image with 10-20 seconds using a lens of about 50mm, that will not trail the image too much. If your camera doesn't produce too much noise try mid to high ISO settings.
All the best.
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23-12-2011, 04:16 PM
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That's an amazing image. I had no idea such a major comet was visible at the moment.
Greg.
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23-12-2011, 04:34 PM
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Thanks Greg, I hope you get to see it. All the best.
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23-12-2011, 05:43 PM
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Yep best image I've seen of it. Can even see distinct yellow colour, and striations in the tail.
Scott
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23-12-2011, 06:00 PM
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Thanks Scott for your comments. Striations = new word for me.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Striation
All the best.
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23-12-2011, 06:15 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by iceman
If I could be bothered dragging my EQ6 out to the Coast.....
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Yep, I'm the same. Would love to take the EQ6 out but hard enough waking up at 3 and then driving to my spot, let alone having to set up and polar aligning my mount.
I've already commented but I can't stop coming back to these pics. Fantastic.
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