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Originally Posted by jjjnettie
That's a terrific little animation.
Over what period of time was it taken?
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Thanks jjjnettie! The animation was over a period of 70 minutes, from just before midnight EDST (UT+11). Taken with a piggy-backed Canon 400D at 55mm, each of the 10 subs a 3 min exposure at ISO 1600, F/4.5.
Had a great time observing it on Saturday night at Bungowannah near Albury NSW with a group of local people. Watched it all night, from when it first cleared the horizon to when daylight washed it out on Sunday morning. Highlight of our night - easy naked eye, and we used everything from binocs up to an 18" scope to keep an eye on it! Each night it's been getting significantly brighter, but with wall-to-wall clouds at the minute I might miss its brightest!
Have attached a couple of versions of stacks of the images I took last night which clearly show the 'kink' in the ion tail. First is stacked in DSS, comet mode using Median stacking mode to reduce star impact, and second a Registax stack.
Cheers -