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Astronomy => Astrophotography => Topic started by: Roberto on Jan 22, 2023, 20:42:54

Title: Another comet and two nebulae from Petts Wood
Post by: Roberto on Jan 22, 2023, 20:42:54
Another go at comet C/2022 E3 ZTF; just before dawn on 20 January.  1h20m each with L (through a 6" f/7.5 refractor) and OSC (through a 92mm f/5 refractor):

More details here:
 https://www.astrobin.com/drgl3c/D/ (https://www.astrobin.com/drgl3c/D/)

Showing a bit more of the ion tail and its second dust tail:

(https://cdn.astrobin.com/thumbs/ye4vBQ3nHDVl_2560x0_9Ksp8OGd.jpg)

And one DSO object imaged in the first half of January starting during the full Moon:

Heckathorn-Fesen-Gull 1 & Abell 6 - HaOIII with RGB stars
https://www.astrobin.com/3m4w2x/F/ (https://www.astrobin.com/3m4w2x/F/)

Again, taken with the tandem setup as per the comet:

Dates:  7 Jan 2023 ·  8 Jan 2023 ·  9 Jan 2023 ·  12 Jan 2023 ·  15 Jan 2023 ·  16 Jan 2023 ·  17 Jan 2023 ·  18 Jan 2023 ·  19 Jan 2023
Frames: OSC - 186×300″(15h 30′) bin 1×1
Astrodon H-alpha 5nm 50x50 mm: 26×1200″(8h 40′) bin 2×2
Astrodon OIII 3nm 50x50 mm: 29×1200″(9h 40′) bin 2×2
Integration: 33h 50′
Avg. Moon age: 21.25 days
Avg. Moon phase: 55.22%

(https://cdn.astrobin.com/thumbs/lBuT20bZyAoX_16536x0_3BVH9X20.jpg)

Roberto
Title: Re: Another comet and two nebulae from Petts Wood
Post by: Carole on Jan 23, 2023, 11:40:21
Lovel image Roberto, I have had this on my list for some time, but always thought it needed a dark sky, so have never attempted it. 

Reading up the info on this (to present it in members images) was very interesting. 

Carole
Title: Re: Another comet and two nebulae from Petts Wood
Post by: MarkS on Jan 23, 2023, 12:04:35
Lovely comet, Roberto!

Stunning deep-sky image also.  34 hours of total imaging time!!! I'm not familiar with those objects but they have definitely come out rather well.  Kudos!

Mark
Title: Re: Another comet and two nebulae from Petts Wood
Post by: Roberto on Jan 23, 2023, 13:21:11
Thank you Carole and Mark!