PanSTARRS in Doradus.

[tilbrook@rbe.ne]

Hi,

Comet C/2012 K1 PanSTARRS posed nicely for a pic in a Doradus galaxy field last night.

I spent a while framing before imaging, very worthwhile!:)
There's been some great conjunctions this year, which Comet Catcher, ( Kevin ) has diligently imaged for us.:thumbsup:

8" F/4 astrograph HEQ pro 5 mount. Orion mini guider.

Unmodded canon 1100D, baader type III coma corrector.

Combination ISO 1600 20 x 2 minute subs.
Stacked in DSS processed in Ps Cs2.

Cheers,
Justin.

[h0ughy]

wow excellent shot - to galaxies and a wonderful comet

[cometcatcher]

Brilliant shot Justin! Very smooth image. I was way too lazy to do a dual stack.

By the way NGC1566 at lower left has a supernova in it but it's very close in to the core and hard to separate.

[andyc]

Oh that's fun! Great view:thumbsup:

[RB]

Very cool shot.

[tilbrook@rbe.ne]

Thanks David!:thumbsup:



Thanks Kevin!:thumbsup:

Good to know about the supernova, nothing worse than getting excited about a possible new discovery only to find it's already been discovered!



Thanks Andy!:thumbsup:



Thanks RB!:thumbsup:

Cheers,

Justin.

[pluto]

:eyepop: awesome shot, great work!!

[tilbrook@rbe.ne]

Thanks Hugh!:thumbsup:

Cheers,

Justin.

[Astroman]

beautiful image Justin.

[Craige]

Excellent Justin :thumbsup:

[Nico13]

Yes thats the shot I was trying for Sunday but missed due to new camera setup issues and then the bloody clouds stopped me.
Perfect, exactly where I had it, nice to see a couple got it. :thumbsup:

[Phoenix]

Fantastic shot Justin - great composition. I keep coming back to take another look.

Cheers Steve

[christian.ckr]

Have you submitted this to APOD? If not you certainly should. This is just epic, well done!

[tilbrook@rbe.ne]

Thanks Andrew!:thumbsup:

Done any imaging lately?



Thanks Craige!:thumbsup:



Thanks Ken!:thumbsup:

Yep, an irritating and deflating feeling when the cloud rolls in, especially on a one night deal!!



Thanks Steve!:thumbsup:

Glad you like it.:)



Thanks Christian!:thumbsup:

Nice of you to say.:)
Not quite IPOD standard, there's a few issues with stars in the image.

Cheers,

Justin.

[astronobob]

Grouse composition & scene captured there with them Galaxies and all Justin ! ! :cool2:

[bkm2304]

Great composition, Justin. That little spiral at lower left about 8 o'clock is a cracker.




Ha! I haven't heard Grouse used as an appreciative exclamation for decades. Thanks for reminding me this useful word, Bob, it's a really Gas term!

Richard the former hippie child :cool3::cool3:

[nebulosity.]

This is just beautiful Justin! I have come back and looked at it half a dozen times :thumbsup:

Jo

[tilbrook@rbe.ne]

Thanks Bob!:thumbsup:



Thanks Richard!:thumbsup:

Yep gotta love Bob's turn of phrase, always look forward to it.:thumbsup::)



Thanks Jo!:thumbsup:

Have you seen any rain yet??
Must be very dry out on the plains.

Cheers,

Justin.

[nebulosity.]

We did get 5mm a few weeks back in a passing storm, but yeah that didn't do much. The fire risk reached the 'catastrophic' level the other day, the 43C days aren't helping. Ah well, we will survive somehow :thumbsup:

At least my sensor isn't going to fog up :lol: the dew point was -5 the other morning.

Cheers
Jo

[astronobob]

No sweat dude, just chillin out wiv ol loose lingo :cool2: