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Title: Comet Catalina Wed 9 Dec
Post by: MarkS on Dec 09, 2015, 06:58:06

Comet Catalina in this morning's murky pre-dawn sky. Sony A7S on Tak Epsilon. 20x30seconds. Very quickly processed without calibration frames.

(http://www.markshelley.co.uk/Astronomy/2015/catalina20151209.jpg)

In binoculars the fuzzy blob was visible but I couldn't make out the tails.

Mark

Title: Re: Comet Catalina Wed 9 Dec
Post by: doug on Dec 09, 2015, 08:48:25

Nice one, Mark. Great shot ... and those tails....

Doug.

Title: Re: Comet Catalina Wed 9 Dec
Post by: Rick on Dec 09, 2015, 09:51:23

Excellent! I had the binoculars out, but the sky was rather murky, so while I think I could see the coma, I couldn't see any tails.

Title: Re: Comet Catalina Wed 9 Dec
Post by: JohnP on Dec 09, 2015, 10:00:09

That really is very nice - will look excellent when you have had a chance to properly calibrate. Could you get that from the obsy..?

Title: Re: Comet Catalina Wed 9 Dec
Post by: MarkS on Dec 09, 2015, 10:06:02

Yes, taken from the observatory. My first image since September!!

Title: Re: Comet Catalina Wed 9 Dec
Post by: Fay on Jan 02, 2016, 10:04:53

nice capture Mark, I think it looks good without the flat but saw I saw it on SGL when the misaligned flat had been applied

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Astronomy => Astrophotography => Topic started by: MarkS on Dec 09, 2015, 06:58:06