Image date, time and location: 2015-01-19 1:30 50560 Manche France
Telescope aperture and focal ratio: Nikon ED 70-300mm @ 300mm F5.6
Camera and filters used: Canon 1000D Modded, IDAS LPS-D1
Processing applied: Deep Sky Stacker, JASC Animation Shop
Mount: SkyWatcher StarAdventurer on Manfrotto Carbone 1 Tripod, bungeed to a 120ah battery
Same 300s subs, 5 hours in total.
(http://gallery.orpington-astronomy.org.uk/albums/userpics/10050/2015-01-18_C2014_Q2_Lovejoy.gif)
Nice animation Dunk
Very good animation Duncan!
I like the moving star field - was that deliberate?
Mark
Quote from: MarkS on Jan 19, 2015, 19:15:16
Very good animation Duncan!
I like the moving star field - was that deliberate?
Mark
Thanks Mark.
Moving stars- no it's bad polar alignment. But the stars are in good shape on the subs so maybe not. I wasn't guiding.
That's excellent Duncan.
That is flippin fantastic!
Thanks all.
Kenny, this is easy to do, lots of regularly spaced JPGs with a 200-300mm lens. You do need a tracking mount (EQ5 will do well) but no guiding. No stacking or processing. JASC Animation Shop (PaintShopPro company) is easy and free. StarAdventurers' are not too expensive or I wouldn't have one :). Comets can be big and bright.
That looks lovely Duncan
Quote from: The Thing on Jan 19, 2015, 21:36:03
Kenny, this is easy to do, lots of regularly spaced JPGs with a 200-300mm lens. You do need a tracking mount (EQ5 will do well) but no guiding. No stacking or processing. JASC Animation Shop (PaintShopPro company) is easy and free. StarAdventurers' are not too expensive or I wouldn't have one :). Comets can be big and bright.
Thanks. I haven't tried my camera on the HEQ5 yet, wanted to build my other skills/experience first, but that is one of the things next of my list. Would need to be from my light-pollutioned back garden though. I'm not lugging the HEQ5 into the middle of nowhere in the middle of the night. ;)
Very Nice Duncan
Thats moving at a fair lick.
Mac.
Quote from: Mac on Jan 20, 2015, 14:17:29
Thats moving at a fair lick.
Mac.
Yes it is. And I've now learnt I should stack not more than 1 hour of subs at a time as over 5 hours detail will be quite smeared due to the movement over the exposures.
From Cartes du Ciel:
Comet C/2014 Q2 (Lovejoy)Magnitude: 5.1
Phase: 45 °
Distance: 0.5649au
Solar distance: 1.2996au
Velocity:
36.9km/sEstimated tail length: 0.09au
Date: 2015-01-19 20h39m15s
ref: 13/2015-01-04
Hourly motion:
05'10.2" PA:327° dRA:-12.36s dDec:04'19.7"
thats very good Duncan, only just seen it!!!
Good result, Well done
Well done Duncan. Excellent animation. ;)
Tony G
Thanks everyone.
Nice :)