C/2012 X1 Linear and Helix Nebula Animation

[alexch]

Hi All,

Tried to make an animation of the comet C/2012 X1 Linear while it was close to the Helix nebula (thanks Kevin (cometcatcher) for alerting me to it) from light-polluted back yard in suburbian Melbourne.

http://vimeo.com/97817725

131 x 2 minute subs, Stellarvue SVT80 triplet, iOptron ZEQ25, Sony NEX5N (modified). Getting rid of the gradients and neutralising the background in all 130 frames for the animation was a challenge...

Single sub is attached.

Cheers,
Alex

[algwat]

looks good, a lot of fun, if only they were closer...8).

kind regards, Alan

[CapturingTheNight]

Brilliant work Alex. You did well to squeeze them into the same field of view.

[Rod771]

That is very cool Alex!

What a great effort, thanks for sharing.

Cheers

Rod

[trent_julie]

Thats fantastic!
Well done

[h0ughy]

hats off to a master - lovely work

[iceman]

So cool! well done.

[strongmanmike]

Ahhh.. the comet is doing the Macarena (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XiBYM6g8Tck&feature=kp) :P

Nice capture Alex!

Mike

[cometcatcher]

Awesome!