Geochron
06-05-2024, 09:06 AM
managed a first glimpse of Pons-Brooks from Melbourne last night.
Unfortunately, from my vantage point, its locations seems to coincide with just about every flight into and out of Melb airport:lol:so it was a little challenging to process (had to remove half of my subs)!
This is 170 x 10 second subs on the RASA 8 with ASI 183MC, processed in APP. I have not tried to remove star trails at this stage.
https://www.iceinspace.com.au/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=316870&stc=1&d=1714950282
As I had to idea what to expect, and very little time to prepare, I have chopped off part of the ion tail (sigh) and rather over-exposed the core. The good new though is that it appears to be quite slow moving and so no guiding was required, just mount tracking.
Hopefully there will be a nice window in coming weeks when it is high enough in the sky but still bright enough for imaging..
cheers, Jon
Unfortunately, from my vantage point, its locations seems to coincide with just about every flight into and out of Melb airport:lol:so it was a little challenging to process (had to remove half of my subs)!
This is 170 x 10 second subs on the RASA 8 with ASI 183MC, processed in APP. I have not tried to remove star trails at this stage.
https://www.iceinspace.com.au/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=316870&stc=1&d=1714950282
As I had to idea what to expect, and very little time to prepare, I have chopped off part of the ion tail (sigh) and rather over-exposed the core. The good new though is that it appears to be quite slow moving and so no guiding was required, just mount tracking.
Hopefully there will be a nice window in coming weeks when it is high enough in the sky but still bright enough for imaging..
cheers, Jon