Lovejoy & Meteors

[astronobob]

Howdy all Astro-liano's.

What a massive thrill to set eyes on Lovejoy in Dark skies, A heap better than the Tweed Coast ! I headed out to Rathdowny @ 1am to experiment before all of Lovejoy rose above the horizon, then gave it a full can a Canon capers : )
I decided to use the 'L' series 70-200 F2.8 Lens and quite happy with the results considering some waves of low fog at times nearby !

This image comprises of 4 landscape frames above one another @ 70mm, F/2.8. Stitch & shopped in PS3.
600D set at ISO 1600, heavy in-camera-noise-reduction.
Exposures were 60secs, tracked on an old C8 fork mount !

Hope you like.

[supernova1965]

NICE:thumbsup:

[renormalised]

Nice shot....love the meteor cutting through the comet!!!:):)

[Matt Wastell]

Hi Bob
That is an awesome piece of work! 10/10!

[suma126]

great shot and well processed :thumbsup:

[Bolts_Tweed]

Nice Bob. Rigley and I got up to have a look and saw that top meteor - from Tweed it cut the tail about a third of the way down - parralax I suppose between Rathdowney and the coast. Nice deep image.

Bolton

[jjjnettie]

So deep!!
Stunning image.

[mswhin63]

Really nice, great contrast :thumbsup:

[Paul Haese]

Nice work Bob.

[naskies]

Great job. I like your colours and contrast. It looks like you've just managed to capture Alpha Centauri near the top-right of the frame?

[astronobob]

Appreaciate all the comments everyone, being pre-occupied, I actually missed seeing the meteors ; quite surprised to find them in the frames, lucky & happy to have them in there ! Great every one is seeing & imaging this snowball, some great pics out there by all & I enjoy being part of this Forum to view yours and others captures, Cheers :)


Thanx Mark, interesting what a few 10's of Klms can make, Re : paralax ?
Am going Rathdowney with Ray S tonight hoping/should the SW change clears some sky by early hrs ? :thumbsup:

Re : naskies, Yep, is AC, just missed Beta !

[midnight]

What a rippa! Love the meteor aspects too.

Darrin...

[astronobob]

Cheers Darrin !

[anthony.tony]

Great Work- Tony

[Retrograde]

Wow! :eyepop:

[Kevnool]

Top Shot

[acropolite]

I think this is the best image of Lovejoy I've seen, nicely processed as well, what date was it taken? .:thumbsup:

[SkyViking]

Wow, that's absolutely stunning!

[stardust steve]

Cant get enough of these great pictures, one day i hope to be able to take pictures like this. Very nice :eyepop:

[astronobob]

Thanx for comments Tony, Pete, Kev, Phil, Ralf & Steve !
Am going out agian in the morning, cant get enough this amaizing Comet myself : )

Quote Phil : " I think this is the best image of Lovejoy I've seen, nicely processed as well. what date was it taken" ?
Thanx Phil, Image was taken on Mon 26th @ 3:30 am

[John K]

Nice going, makes it look like a real comet!