ISON from Melbourne

[Forgey]

Comet C/2012 S1 (ISON) from Melbourne +8 above the horizon at 4:30am

Saxon ED100 with Canon 600D
25x30sec images staked in nebulosity then heavily processed in CS5.
If you squint very hard you can just see a bit of the tail lol

Boy was this one hard to capture and process. At 4:30am the sky was getting bright so fast I had to ditch the CCD and use the DLSR.
So this is the best I can do I think.

[von Tom]

Well done Paula - very difficult but you got a good image.

Cheers, Tom

[Larryp]

Good stuff, Paula!

[Phil Hart]

Well done on getting out and giving it a go. That is a serious imaging challenge but you learn a lot about astrophotography and your gear by working in a time critical window like that. Thanks for showing us what you got.

Phil

[cometcatcher]

Good shot Paula.

Tomorrow morning will be interesting as it's near Spica and flaring!

[Forgey]

Thanks Tom, was a bit disappointing I didn't get much tail.


Thanks Laurie :)



Thanks Phil, the first 10 min when it came visible above the horizon the ccd was too overexposed. Lucky I had DSLR with me and just kept clicking away untill it was washed out. Finally gave up about 5:15am.
I was a tricky subject being so low on the horizon with the sun rising.



Thanks Kevin:)