Deep widefield 31st

[Garyh]

Hi Everyone,
Seems like forever since I posted anything on IIS.
But comet fever has got the best of me (which is a good thing)
I am very glad we didn`t stay at the relatives place to new years eve or I would have missed a lot of the show. Have been imaging Lovejoy every 2nd night since boxing day.
This one took a lot of work to remove the skyglow/haze gradient, but worth all the work!
Stack of 26 x 2-1/2 min at iso 800 with Canon 40D and 24mm lens at f/4.
Lost some of the fainter details removing the gradient but I think it has come out rather nicely. Still looks nice even at only 1200pix..

Keep on snaping away guys and gals as I have been really enjoying the posts!
cheers Gary

[mswhin63 (Malcolm)]

A beautiful shot Gary, nice background colour and detail of the comet

[Octane (Humayun)]

Mate,

Where have you been?

Miss seeing your images.

This is beautiful.

H

[Lester]

Fantastic view Gary, thanks.

[batema (Mark)]

That is fantasic. Well done.

[DavidU (Dave)]

That's superb.

[naskies (Dave)]

Fantastic! Lambda Cent and Eta Carina really stand out, too.

[renormalised (Carl)]

Nice shot, Gary

Been awhile, mate

[RobF (Rob)]

A beautiful image in its own right, processed to perfection. With Lovejoy in there it's extra special though

[trent_julie]

Thats a super shot Gary, well done,

[jjjnettie (Jeanette)]

sigh.....lovely!

[multiweb (Marc)]

Great stuff. I'm trying to finish mine. I didn't get as much color and signal as yours and trimmed the head a bit but will still try to use yours as a reference. Very cool.

[tornado33]

Yep fantastic work, well done re the gradient removal, image looks like it was taken directly overhead
Scott

[Garyh]

Thanks Malcolm, Humayun, ( I know I shall try to get a few up again!)
Lester, Batema, Dave and Dave, Carl, Rob, Trent_Julie, JJJ, Mark and Scott!
We have had some real clear nights lately which have really helped to get deep. I am amazed at how quicky Lovejoy is fading. But still makes a nice image..
Thanks again and clear skies everyone!

[stardust steve (Steve)]

Awesome. Love the contrast( i think its called )where you can really see the dark parts of the Milky Way and then the lighter parts. Sooo many stars

[Liz]

Oooh, lovely image Gray.

[Regulus (Trevor)]

This is my favourite Lovejoy photo so far. A truly outstanding piece of photography.

Trevor

[astronobob (Bob)]

An absolute magnificent Image ! top class !

[Garyh]

Thanks Steve, Liz, Trevor and Bob!
Happy to get enough clear sky to capture it! Been a bit hit and miss up here lately!
cheers

[rogerg (Roger)]

What an excellent shot, congrats! just what I had hoped to achieve myself with the comet, but haven't Top image