Hi Chris,
What software/information did you use to locate the comet?
What I have done in the past is updated the program Stellarium with the comets details and then compared the sky to what I see on screen. Then with a little trial an error took a single shot with a duration relative to the magnitude of the comet to see if it is in frame, once found, then take a series of photos.
There is also a web site that can show where the comet is in the sky each night but I don't know the website. Search on IIS forum as you should find some info. Search for words like 'ephemeris' and 'comet'. Then as before look at the map from the website and compare with the sky.
Often someone from IIS will post that info for current comets too.
Cheers,
Damien.
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Originally Posted by muletopia
On Friday evening I wenout to try for my first comet image.Panstarts-c/2016mi and Vales-P2010 H2 were said to be available. The forme being much brighter seemed like a first step. But cloud in that part of the sky stopped that, So try for the fainer Vales.
So I took 10 8.5 minute shots on a Canon 60Da at ISO 6400 at prime focus of my Mewlon 210. The guiding was off axis using a ZWO ASI120mm.
Well I could not see anything that hinted at a comet in any of the ten shots.
So I just stacked the shots to produce a rather attractive star field.
The guiding was adequate as shown in the PHD2 screen dump.
So how do you find comets with a DSLR?
Chris
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