Comet 168/P 6 min total exp

stardust steve (Steve) · #1 15-10-2012, 05:37 PM

G'day.
Thought might as well get on this wagon and ride it till the wheels fall off

Comet 168/P Hergenrother in Pegasus imaged under dark skies.
It was a great test for my new to me SW ED80 PRO and it was not long after the scopes first light.
500D--SWED80 PRO--EQ3 tracking (unguided)
30 sec subs with darks and flats applied.

anthony.tony · #2 15-10-2012, 05:42 PM

Nice work - Tony

jjjnettie (Jeanette) · #3 15-10-2012, 05:46 PM

Nice one Steve.

cometcatcher (Kevin) · #4 15-10-2012, 06:53 PM

Good shooting.

Larryp (Laurie) · #5 15-10-2012, 06:56 PM

Nice image, Steve!

Matt Wastell (Matt) · #6 15-10-2012, 07:40 PM

On ya Steve - that is a great image of a small target - congrats!

Liz · #7 16-10-2012, 11:12 AM

Well done Stephen, a great image.

stardust steve (Steve) · #8 16-10-2012, 05:06 PM

thanks everyone. I spent about 4 hrs doing some aligning and waiting for the odd cloud to go past prior to taking these images. Then the breeze dropped and dew set in but the dew shield on the ED 80 was doing a great job.
Happy to get a little reward after thinking i was going crazy with alignment