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tornado33
07-10-2024, 02:23 PM
Houghy and I travelled in to Nobbys Beach on Thursday October 3 for the last chance to grab the comet. This is my effort. EOS Ra, 135mm f2 Rokinon Lens Polarie portable tracker. 19 x 15 secs iso 800. Comet aligned and stacked with IRIS then background extraction with Siril to smooth out the strong gradient. Was a good number of people from our Newcastle Astronomical Society. Comet was hard to see visually but glimpsed it naked eye for about a minute or so and bright core visible in 10 inch scope that was there

Full size here https://www.astrobin.com/jqhwve/

gregbradley
07-10-2024, 02:56 PM
A spectacular shot. Is this comet going to reappear after it goes around the sun (assuming it hasn't done so already).

Greg.

astronobob
07-10-2024, 11:24 PM
Sensational long tail there Tornado,,

Derek Klepp
08-10-2024, 05:52 PM
Well caught love the colour profile.The ra always seems to perform well on Pre Sunrise shots.Lets hope ir come back in the evening next week.

bkm2304
12-10-2024, 03:22 PM
Wonderful shot, Scott. It's everything a comet ought to be!

Richard:thumbsup: