C/2012 X1 Linear and Helix Nebula Animation

[alexch (Alex)]

Hi All,

Tried to make an animation of the comet C/2012 X1 Linear while it was close to the Helix nebula (thanks Kevin (cometcatcher) for alerting me to it) from light-polluted back yard in suburbian Melbourne.

http://vimeo.com/97817725

131 x 2 minute subs, Stellarvue SVT80 triplet, iOptron ZEQ25, Sony NEX5N (modified). Getting rid of the gradients and neutralising the background in all 130 frames for the animation was a challenge...

Single sub is attached.

Cheers,
Alex

[algwat (Alan)]

looks good, a lot of fun, if only they were closer...8).

kind regards, Alan

[CapturingTheNight (Greg)]

Brilliant work Alex. You did well to squeeze them into the same field of view.

[Rod771 (Rod)]

That is very cool Alex!

What a great effort, thanks for sharing.

Cheers

Rod

[trent_julie]

Thats fantastic!
Well done

[h0ughy (David)]

hats off to a master - lovely work

[iceman (Mike)]

So cool! well done.

[strongmanmike (Michael)]

Ahhh.. the comet is doing the Macarena

Nice capture Alex!

Mike

[cometcatcher (Kevin)]

Awesome!