oh my a second go at Panstars -6 march 2013

[h0ughy (David)]

i was lucky to see Comet panstars again tonight. now to play with the data. here is a sample, taken on a jittery tripod and polarie with a canon 600D and a 55-250mm lens at 250mm f8 iso1600 10 second shot. it was a great night - my daughter even came out with me


EDIT new added video

and pic

[zardos123 (Brad)]

so thats who was in the passenger seat as you passed me, looks like you were just around the lake from me. i won,t be able to process for a while as my puter crashed and i lost photoshop, looks like you,ve got some good data to play with they already look good
brad

[rogerg (Roger)]

looks good houghy

[h0ughy (David)]

Originally Posted by zardos123

so thats who was in the passenger seat as you passed me, looks like you were just around the lake from me. i won,t be able to process for a while as my puter crashed and i lost photoshop, looks like you,ve got some good data to play with they already look good
brad

well i beeped the horn a few times - saw you pulled up in the next carpark with that yelolow bus with the people in the deck chairs on the roof. Chris Bond and his lovely wife were right next to me hogging all the photons
Youre not having much luck with gear are you? i expect Scott to pull out a pearler with his comet tracker

[zardos123 (Brad)]

scott nearly always has a pearler....and yeah my gear is slowly coming together its nearly all replaced, the computer was the only old bit left, a new one on the way!..............now i am worried about my eye's the only original pieces left in the optical train and with my luck of late

[h0ughy (David)]

Originally Posted by rogerg

looks good houghy

thanks Roger - yet to try and stack some images - i still havent learnt to do that for comets yet?

[iceman (Mike)]

Very nice Dave, love the subtle reflection in the 2nd one.

Thanks for the heads-up on where to look too, I would've found it otherwise. I was still looking south-west!

[h0ughy (David)]

thanks Mike - had a quick stack this morniing and got this. i have to learn how to stack a comet

[Deeno]

Great shots!

[rogerg (Roger)]

Originally Posted by h0ughy

thanks Roger - yet to try and stack some images - i still havent learnt to do that for comets yet?

DSS is OK for aligning on the comet although for this comet I typically end up reducing the files in DSS then stacking them how I want in PhotoShop

[gregbradley]

Great shot Dave.

You are good at setting up your Polarie. Those stars are perfect for 40 seconds and 250mm.

Greg.

[RB (Andrew)]

Awesome David, glad you got to shoot it mate.

[strongmanmike (Michael)]

After all that whining about the bad weather too....

great result Dave

Mike

[h0ughy (David)]

Originally Posted by Deeno

Great shots!

thanks

Originally Posted by rogerg

DSS is OK for aligning on the comet although for this comet I typically end up reducing the files in DSS then stacking them how I want in PhotoShop

might try that next time it rains for a repro

Originally Posted by gregbradley

Great shot Dave.

You are good at setting up your Polarie. Those stars are perfect for 40 seconds and 250mm.

Greg.

just 10 second shots

Originally Posted by RB

Awesome David, glad you got to shoot it mate.

thanks RB hope you can squeeze in something tonight

Originally Posted by strongmanmike

After all that whining about the bad weather too....

great result Dave

Mike

you know the rules. you had to use a dslr in order for us left in newy to be able to image

[tornado33]

Great pic mate, can see the reflection in the water too.
Scott

[acropolite (Phil)]

Nice effort Dave, good to see you got a break in the weather.

[h0ughy (David)]

Originally Posted by tornado33

Great pic mate, can see the reflection in the water too.
Scott

thanks scott - those images of yours taken with the comet tracker are a treat

Originally Posted by acropolite

Nice effort Dave, good to see you got a break in the weather.

you know its funny, its clear right now but over head the stars are twinkling violently because i was "allowed out" two nights in a row i had to tow the line.....which nearly killed me.....another clear horizon tonight

[allan gould]

Nice one David, you deserve it.

[h0ughy (David)]

Originally Posted by allan gould

Nice one David, you deserve it.

thanks Allan, now i deserve to learn to process it its the only real data i have so i will try to make it a better result

[ourkind (Carlos)]

Very nice shots David and as you say, you've got the raw data so in time I'm sure you'll work out how to tease more out of it, and also ready for the next comet!