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Old 10-02-2023, 09:54 AM
evltoy (Wayne)
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I was able to do some test images last night. It was sitting at around 22deg north. 90% odd moon with it still below the horizon in a bortle 5 skies in SE vic.

So far doing both 30, 60 & 120sec subs on my 294MC with a uv/ir on a ED120 refractor gave me very disappointing results. This comet is small and travelling very fast. So fast that stacking (dss) is giving me a long trail of the nucleus due to its speed over 30mins.

Comparing this target to my first and successful attempt at comet C/2021A1 Leonard back in Jan 22 on the same camera but on a ED80, this has been a let down for me so far.

If anyone has any tips please let me know
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