Taken yesterday evening. Stack of 10 images. 1Dmk11 500mm tripod and Wimberley. Mirror up and timer. 1.6sec f5.6 ISO800. Processed in Capture 1 and Photoshop. Image converted to b&w.
Very interesting - I didn't realise there was a comet around at the moment. Where abouts is it in the sky and is it reasonably bright? Tristan
Posted by David Clapp on November 2, 2007 at 7:26 PM
Thats a bloody ping pong ball. You wacked it into the air. Ether that or its an egg going into orbit. You cant fool me with your tecky babble!
Seriously now, thats a pretty amazing thing to photograph, I guess the circular effect is because of the stacked exposures, is it going away from us or god forbid headed STRAIGHT FOR US AAAAHHHH
Posted by Larry Corbett on November 2, 2007 at 7:32 PM
The light area around the comet is visible although stacking images has made it brighter. I have only used 4 of the stacked images for the actual comet as further images made it too bright and destroyed the detail I have in the full size image. Hope it is going away from us
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4 repliesSeriously now, thats a pretty amazing thing to photograph, I guess the circular effect is because of the stacked exposures, is it going away from us or god forbid headed STRAIGHT FOR US AAAAHHHH
It is slightly East of North visible to the naked eye as a faint smudge. Link to a map here
http://www.skyandtelescope.com/observing/home/10775326.html
Very easy to see through bins.
David
The light area around the comet is visible although stacking images has made it brighter. I have only used 4 of the stacked images for the actual comet as further images made it too bright and destroyed the detail I have in the full size image. Hope it is going away from us
John Lee