Mars, Saturn, Moon, Comet 18th January UT

[von Tom (Tom)]

Seeing was quite good the morning of 19th January in Brisbane. I imaged Mars, Saturn and the Moon. The previous night I had a go at Comet Lovejoy in the light polluted sky and, after vicious processing, managed to get a hint of the comet

Thanks for looking,

Tom

[lepton3 (Ivan)]

Great shots Tom. A busy morning.

Amazing you still got Lovejoy without going to a dark sky site. You'd be able to adjust the curves even more aggressively if you did a flat field (or maybe you did, and were totally over the top!?)

-Ivan

[Regulus (Trevor)]

Really like the Crescent Moon and Mars photos. They are all good but those two really appeal. Well done.

Trevor

[von Tom (Tom)]

Thanks Ivan and Trevor. The comet image was a stack of 21x25sec exposures at 30mm f/2.2 and ISO3200 with a 600D on a fixed tripod. I didn't do any flats and I've attached one single exposure out of camera.
I've also reworked a Saturn shot and a Mars shot here which brings up some more detail.

Tom

[Shiraz (Ray)]

nice collection Tom - reworks were worth doing. Regards Ray

[Liz]

Wonderful collection Tom!!!! All great, but love the Mars image, its lookin good, esp the polar cap.

[Clayton]

Love the reworks Tom
Especially Mars

[Jen]

nice pics Tom please tell me you took these with your 12inch dob if so pleease tell me how you did that LOL

[von Tom (Tom)]

Thanks guys Jen the planets were taken with the 12" Dobsonian, a 5x teleconverter and a 600D in movie crop mode 30fps. The moon shots are single photos using just the camera at prime focus of the telescope.

Tom

[Jen]

Originally Posted by von Tom

Thanks guys Jen the planets were taken with the 12" Dobsonian, a 5x teleconverter and a 600D in movie crop mode 30fps. The moon shots are single photos using just the camera at prime focus of the telescope.

Tom

Awsome Tom whats a teleconverter is that the same as a 5xpowermate

[von Tom (Tom)]

sorry, 5x Powermate

[Jen]

Originally Posted by von Tom

sorry, 5x Powermate

oh thank god for that i thought oh no not another thing i need to get these pics happening hahaha

[iceman (Mike)]

Great productive night, Tom!