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Title: How to image a comet without trying.....
Post by: Carole on Mar 27, 2017, 21:05:14

Comet 41P/Tuttle-Giacobini-Kresak

Was trying to find a galaxy in Ursa Major I fancied doing on Friday, and the GOTO did not find it, so I slewed around a bit and found a fuzzy, which was smaller than I expected but thought that must be it.

So decided to turn it into an animation, though having imaged it with a mono camera in LRBG it is only in B&W.
600sec luminance subs and 300sec binned RGB subs so image quality and shape of comet is variable.

Apparently it has no tail.

(http://cdn.astrobin.com/images/358/2017/dbf63d91-0767-4968-98a5-d66894883f90.gif)

Title: Re: How to image a comet without trying.....
Post by: doug on Mar 28, 2017, 09:15:18

Very well done, Carole. Brilliant video of the comet.

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Post by: Carole on Mar 28, 2017, 09:34:49

Thanks Doug

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Post by: The Thing on Mar 28, 2017, 18:35:15

Yoohoo! It's alive! Nice one Carole.

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Post by: Carole on Mar 28, 2017, 22:43:00

Thanks Duncan

Carole

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Post by: Fay on Mar 28, 2017, 22:44:33

Really good Carole!

Title: Re: How to image a comet without trying.....
Post by: Carole on Mar 28, 2017, 22:45:29

Thanks Fay, I just think it's funny that I did not intend to image the comet.

Carole

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Post by: MarkS on Mar 29, 2017, 06:25:41

Nice result! That comet must be reasonably bright.

Mark

Title: Re: How to image a comet without trying.....
Post by: Carole on Mar 29, 2017, 08:40:30

Thanks Mark, so it's not the one you tried to image then?

Title: Re: How to image a comet without trying.....
Post by: Hugh on Mar 29, 2017, 11:12:57

Was talking to my neighbours yesterday and praising the efforts of the astro-techy-photo members of the society and had great pleasure in showing them this movie. They were really impressed ~ as was I. This sort of thing really makes it fun for me. Thanks.

Hugh

Title: Re: How to image a comet without trying.....
Post by: Carole on Mar 29, 2017, 12:33:37

Thanks Hugh.

Carole

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Post by: MarkS on Mar 29, 2017, 22:55:34

Quote from: Carole
Thanks Mark, so it's not the one you tried to image then?

Mine was 45P/Honda

Orpington Astronomical Society

Astronomy => Astrophotography => Topic started by: Carole on Mar 27, 2017, 21:05:14