Thanks Kevin put me in a good frame of mind for the day .Had a last look myself yesterday .I was hoping you got this shot a great series all up over the past week or so.
Cheers
Thanks all. That's one reason why I like comets. No two look the same and they encounter interesting DSO's in their travels. I'll have to watch out for other encounters in the future.
For comet stacking, click on the first file, click on the comet icon on the right, register all the light frames then click on the comet for each frame. You may have to hold down the shift key to mark it if DSS doesn't find it.
For comet stacking, click on the first file, click on the comet icon on the right, register all the light frames then click on the comet for each frame. You may have to hold down the shift key to mark it if DSS doesn't find it.
Awesome image Kevin, I too will have to see when this will next occur. Did you find you had to track the comet separately to avoid the comet blurring or was the exposure time short enough to avoid this problem?
Lovely shot, and no, not every day (or night).
If this weather ever clears, hopefully it is still about, but I suspect far far away from the "other" celestial objects of beauty.
Gary
Awesome image Kevin, I too will have to see when this will next occur. Did you find you had to track the comet separately to avoid the comet blurring or was the exposure time short enough to avoid this problem?
Thanks Kara. I guided on the stars using 1 minute subs. Any longer and the comet would have trailed. The comet itself was too faint to guide on.
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Lovely shot, and no, not every day (or night).
If this weather ever clears, hopefully it is still about, but I suspect far far away from the "other" celestial objects of beauty.
Gary
Thanks Gary. It's not done yet. It passes near M6 on October 8 - 9 and Mars on October 19.
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Fantastic work, mate.
I'm still waiting on getting calibration frames before I process mine.
H
Looking forward to your image H. I'm sure it will be spectacular.
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That is pretty cool Kevin, Well done.
Thanks Graeme!
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Great shot Kevin - one for posterity!
Thanks Pete. One for the album for sure.
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awesome shot kevin. I was all prepared for a visual observation but then the clouds came marching in
Last night was clear so I tried using the RA and DEC from the nasa website to locate the comet, but alas I couldnt find it
Apart from it brushing past mars, is there any other familiar object it will be passing, so that I can observe it?
thank you
Thanks Niv. Sorry about the clouds.
The comet passes close to M6 on October 8 - 9 and Mars on October 19 so more opportunities yet.
