Comet Leonos from 11 Nov (more pictures added)

Garyh · #1 19-11-2007, 11:20 AM

Hi all,
Its taken me a while to get around to processing some of these comet pics but this is the first stack of comet Leonos. Not a easy thing to do as DSS didn`t do a good job so had to resort to stacking in PS.
Image taken on the 11th Nov just after 8pm and is a stack of 11 x 90 sec at iso 800. Stacking aligned on comet to try to show as much detail as possible..
Will try combining a star stack and comet stack to freeze everything..shall be some work there!!!....
Thanks for looking...

CS Gary
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Just finished some more images from the 11 and 12th, combined comet and star stack. Happy with the results but the tail is a bit blurred due to the star stacking. Mainly focused on freezing the movement of the comet head and the very brightest part of the tail so theres a loss of detail in most of the tail. The comet stack from the 12th has had no noise reduction as this destroyed the finer details..
Thanks for looking everyone!...

iceman (Mike) · #2 19-11-2007, 11:28 AM

Beautiful work, Gary. I can't wait to see the combined stack. It will look really nice with the cluster!

h0ughy (David) · #3 19-11-2007, 11:30 AM

wonderful shot!! thanks for posting - look very similar to Scott Alders shot

Garyh · #4 25-11-2007, 09:25 AM

Finally finished these and added to my thread ^^^...

Just finished some more images from the 11 and 12th, combined comet and star stack. Happy with the results but the tail is a bit blurred due to the star stacking. Mainly focused on freezing the movement of the comet head and the very brightest part of the tail so theres a loss of detail in most of the tail. The comet stack from the 12th has had no noise reduction as this destroyed the finer details..
Thanks for looking everyone!...

iceman (Mike) · #5 25-11-2007, 10:12 AM

Wow Gary, well worth the wait!

Excellent images.

Ric · #6 25-11-2007, 11:07 AM

They look great Gary, well done.

The images of the comet against the nebulosity are fantastic.

Cheers.

tornado33 · #7 25-11-2007, 02:38 PM

Yes excellent images there.
Scott

Lyra · #8 26-11-2007, 05:17 AM

Thanks!

That one's not do-able from my location.

Garyh · #9 26-11-2007, 07:26 AM

Thanks Guys..

Only wish I knew a way to freeze the comet and stars as in the image stacked on the comet head..tried DSS comet ans star alignment but it did a terrible job of it. So had to layer in the comet head with a little touchup with the clone brush to remove the star trails that were showing around the tail and head...but I am happy with them...

thanks for looking!
CS

Outbackmanyep · #10 03-12-2007, 03:17 PM

Awesome shots Gary!
Pity i got clouded out during its stay! great to see!
Nice work!

leon · #11 03-12-2007, 09:48 PM

Gary they are great images, that is a hell of a long tail you have captured, well done.

Leon

beren · #12 03-12-2007, 10:19 PM

Memorable images, Gary top work

Garyh · #13 05-12-2007, 10:01 AM

Thanks Guys for that

Was 2 of the hardest images to work on for a while but was worth the effort!
Cs (hopefully soon!)
cheers Gary