Collection of F6 Lemmon so far

stardust steve (Steve) · #1 29-01-2013, 09:25 PM

Hi. Here is my collection so far. I have had some fun chasing this comet and learnt a great deal, both in processing and at the scope, and also learnt i still have a lot to learn

#1- 3 mins 50mm widefield tracked on neq6 pro
#2-F6 near the edge of the coal sack in Crux. 3 mins exp, neq6 pro. sw 8" f5 newt
#3- F6 in Crux. 3 mins, neq6 pro, sw 8" f5 newt
#4- Acrux NGC 4609 c2012 F6 Lemmon. SW ed80 pro, 5 mins exp, neq6 pro.
#5-F6 in Crux widfield at 116mm kit lens 55-250mm. 3 mins exp. Piggy backed on swed 80 pro , neq6 pro
#6- Delta Muscae in Musca, NGC4833 and F6 form a triangle. 5 mins exp, neq6pro, sw 8" f5 newt.
#7- Gacrux and F6. 4 mins exp, neq6 pro, sw 8" f5 newt.
#8- F6 with Myla in Musca. 10 mins exp, Neq6 pro, SW 8" f5 newt.

All images taken with an standard 500D, no guiding and varying polar alignment

Thanks for looking

Steve.

h0ughy (David) · #2 29-01-2013, 09:34 PM

some great shots there

Larryp (Laurie) · #3 29-01-2013, 09:41 PM

Great collection, Steve!

Liz · #4 30-01-2013, 03:35 AM

Lovely collection Steve.

Johno (John) · #5 30-01-2013, 04:17 PM

Nice set of shots there Steve.

colinmlegg (Colin) · #6 30-01-2013, 04:48 PM

Nice shots, Steve. Hopefully I'll get my first look at it this weekend.

tilbrook@rbe.ne (Justin Tilbrook) · #7 30-01-2013, 05:27 PM

Nice collection Steve!

Must remember to do this myself.

Cheers,

Justin.

jakob · #8 30-01-2013, 06:18 PM

Great shots!

Thanks for sharing.

Suzy · #9 30-01-2013, 11:48 PM

What a beautiful collection of pics there Stephen.
My favourite pic is the triangle it makes with delta Muscae and the glob which I've just shared on the IIS fb page (& linked to the thread here) along with an update of the comet.

11 "likes" within 14 mins. of posting- pretty good reaction so far- I can see this getting quite a bit of attention.

rogerg (Roger) · #10 31-01-2013, 12:29 AM

Nice collection Steve! My favourite is the Crux shot.

I'd say back off on the contrast a little, perhaps saturation too, they're quite high contrast which I think detracts from what they could be.

stardust steve (Steve) · #11 31-01-2013, 01:35 PM

Thanks everyone. Ok Roger, I will give it a go. I have been loosing a bit of the green coma in the comet when I do a Vignetting removal so I am eager to go a little less heavy handed and try and get the balance right. Also I was trying to cover the noise factor and something had to give. The current cloudy conditions will allow for me to have more processing practice

Thanks for the comments and suggestions

Steve.

astronobob (Bob) · #12 31-01-2013, 03:05 PM

Classic Collection Steve, Top work ! !