cometcatcher
11-09-2013, 10:10 AM
Congratulations to Terry for another terrific comet find!
As soon as I heard the news I knew I had to try for it and soon before the Moon washes out the sky. At magnitude 14.5 I knew it would be a challenge, but it's in a dark part of the sky for me right now and the clouds for the most part let me to it.
This is 72 minutes worth of 3 minute subs at ISO 400 through an SW120 (5" F5) achro refractor, Pentax K-x DSLR, no filters, stacking on the comet, which was very difficult because it's barely visible on individual frames.
Discussion of the Comet here. http://www.iceinspace.com.au/forum/showthread.php?t=111905
As soon as I heard the news I knew I had to try for it and soon before the Moon washes out the sky. At magnitude 14.5 I knew it would be a challenge, but it's in a dark part of the sky for me right now and the clouds for the most part let me to it.
This is 72 minutes worth of 3 minute subs at ISO 400 through an SW120 (5" F5) achro refractor, Pentax K-x DSLR, no filters, stacking on the comet, which was very difficult because it's barely visible on individual frames.
Discussion of the Comet here. http://www.iceinspace.com.au/forum/showthread.php?t=111905