PanSTARRS in Doradus.

tilbrook@rbe.ne (Justin Tilbrook) · #1 10-11-2014, 08:37 PM

Hi,

Comet C/2012 K1 PanSTARRS posed nicely for a pic in a Doradus galaxy field last night.

I spent a while framing before imaging, very worthwhile!

There's been some great conjunctions this year, which Comet Catcher, ( Kevin ) has diligently imaged for us.

8" F/4 astrograph HEQ pro 5 mount. Orion mini guider.

Unmodded canon 1100D, baader type III coma corrector.

Combination ISO 1600 20 x 2 minute subs.

Stacked in DSS processed in Ps Cs2.

Cheers,

Justin.

h0ughy (David) · #2 10-11-2014, 10:16 PM

wow excellent shot - to galaxies and a wonderful comet

cometcatcher (Kevin) · #3 10-11-2014, 11:10 PM

Brilliant shot Justin! Very smooth image. I was way too lazy to do a dual stack.

By the way NGC1566 at lower left has a supernova in it but it's very close in to the core and hard to separate.

andyc (Andy) · #4 11-11-2014, 12:27 AM

Oh that's fun! Great view

RB (Andrew) · #5 11-11-2014, 12:46 AM

Very cool shot.

tilbrook@rbe.ne (Justin Tilbrook) · #6 11-11-2014, 05:17 PM

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Originally Posted by h0ughy

wow excellent shot - to galaxies and a wonderful comet

Thanks David!

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Originally Posted by cometcatcher

Brilliant shot Justin! Very smooth image. I was way too lazy to do a dual stack.

By the way NGC1566 at lower left has a supernova in it but it's very close in to the core and hard to separate.

Thanks Kevin!

Good to know about the supernova, nothing worse than getting excited about a possible new discovery only to find it's already been discovered!

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Originally Posted by andyc

Oh that's fun! Great view

Thanks Andy!

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Originally Posted by RB

Very cool shot.

Thanks RB!

Cheers,

Justin.

pluto (Hugh) · #7 11-11-2014, 05:55 PM

awesome shot, great work!!

tilbrook@rbe.ne (Justin Tilbrook) · #8 11-11-2014, 06:50 PM

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Originally Posted by pluto

awesome shot, great work!!

Thanks Hugh!

Cheers,

Justin.

Astroman (Andrew Wall) · #9 11-11-2014, 07:40 PM

beautiful image Justin.

Craige · #10 11-11-2014, 07:58 PM

Excellent Justin

Nico13 (Ken) · #11 11-11-2014, 07:58 PM

Yes thats the shot I was trying for Sunday but missed due to new camera setup issues and then the bloody clouds stopped me.
Perfect, exactly where I had it, nice to see a couple got it.

Phoenix (Steve) · #12 11-11-2014, 08:07 PM

Fantastic shot Justin - great composition. I keep coming back to take another look.

Cheers Steve

christian.ckr (Christian) · #13 12-11-2014, 10:42 AM

Have you submitted this to APOD? If not you certainly should. This is just epic, well done!

tilbrook@rbe.ne (Justin Tilbrook) · #14 12-11-2014, 05:18 PM

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Originally Posted by Astroman

beautiful image Justin.

Thanks Andrew!

Done any imaging lately?

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Originally Posted by Craige

Excellent Justin

Thanks Craige!

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Originally Posted by Nico13

Yes thats the shot I was trying for Sunday but missed due to new camera setup issues and then the bloody clouds stopped me.
Perfect, exactly where I had it, nice to see a couple got it.

Thanks Ken!

Yep, an irritating and deflating feeling when the cloud rolls in, especially on a one night deal!!

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Originally Posted by Phoenix

Fantastic shot Justin - great composition. I keep coming back to take another look.

Cheers Steve

Thanks Steve!

Glad you like it.

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Originally Posted by christian.ckr

Have you submitted this to APOD? If not you certainly should. This is just epic, well done!

Thanks Christian!

Nice of you to say.

Not quite IPOD standard, there's a few issues with stars in the image.

Cheers,

Justin.

astronobob (Bob) · #15 17-11-2014, 02:20 AM

Grouse composition & scene captured there with them Galaxies and all Justin ! !

bkm2304 (Richard Brown) · #16 17-11-2014, 11:09 AM

Great composition, Justin. That little spiral at lower left about 8 o'clock is a cracker.

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Originally Posted by astronobob

Grouse composition & scene captured there with them Galaxies and all Justin ! !

Ha! I haven't heard Grouse used as an appreciative exclamation for decades. Thanks for reminding me this useful word, Bob, it's a really Gas term!

Richard the former hippie child

nebulosity. (Jo) · #17 17-11-2014, 08:26 PM

This is just beautiful Justin! I have come back and looked at it half a dozen times

Jo

tilbrook@rbe.ne (Justin Tilbrook) · #18 17-11-2014, 10:21 PM

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Originally Posted by astronobob

Grouse composition & scene captured there with them Galaxies and all Justin ! !

Thanks Bob!

Quote:

Originally Posted by bkm2304

Great composition, Justin. That little spiral at lower left about 8 o'clock is a cracker.

Ha! I haven't heard Grouse used as an appreciative exclamation for decades. Thanks for reminding me this useful word, Bob, it's a really Gas term!

Richard the former hippie child

Thanks Richard!

Yep gotta love Bob's turn of phrase, always look forward to it.

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Originally Posted by nebulosity.

This is just beautiful Justin! I have come back and looked at it half a dozen times

Jo

Thanks Jo!

Have you seen any rain yet??
Must be very dry out on the plains.

Cheers,

Justin.

nebulosity. (Jo) · #19 18-11-2014, 06:08 AM

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Originally Posted by tilbrook@rbe.ne

Have you seen any rain yet??
Must be very dry out on the plains.

We did get 5mm a few weeks back in a passing storm, but yeah that didn't do much. The fire risk reached the 'catastrophic' level the other day, the 43C days aren't helping. Ah well, we will survive somehow

At least my sensor isn't going to fog up

the dew point was -5 the other morning.

Cheers
Jo

astronobob (Bob) · #20 22-11-2014, 11:16 PM

No sweat dude, just chillin out wiv ol loose lingo

Quote:

Originally Posted by bkm2304

Great composition, Justin. That little spiral at lower left about 8 o'clock is a cracker.

Ha! I haven't heard Grouse used as an appreciative exclamation for decades. Thanks for reminding me this useful word, Bob, it's a really Gas term!

Richard the former hippie child