Comet Lovejoy - 26/12/2011

[Shark Bait]

As I was deleting photos on the hard drive I decided to have a closer look at some of my attempts Comet Lovejoy. It turns out that I did capture it after all. Brings back some fond memories. It was Halley's comet in '86 that got my interest all those years ago.

Comet Lovejoy 3:39am EST 26-12-2011
Panasonic DMC-FT1 Lumix happy snapper

These shots have had big shifts in brightness and contrast to get the comet into view.

[Rob_K]

Good stuff Stu, great memories there! :thumbsup: You might be able to get a half passable image by stacking your 'variations'. I did a quick-&-dirty with your three images in Registax (jpeg compression and all) and got the attached. If you have several subs use them all to vary the noise & get a smoother image. It won't be an APOD, but hey! :D

Cheers -

[Shark Bait]

Thanks Rob. Your stacked version is a much easier image to look at. I did not have the correct gear to take great photos of Lovejoy but it is nice to have at least one to prove that I was there. :)

I will muck around with it in RegiStax and see what I can salvage.