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[naztronomy]

Clouds have been lousy but I finally caught a break a few nights ago. I waited 6+ hours after setting up for the clouds to clear and caught 100 minutes of the comet. Transparency was terrible so I ended up shooting 240sec images to see details. Didn't have too much time to test so I just stuck with what looked good. Hoping to get another shot in the coming days to retry (probably will do 60-120 secs at max).

 

Equipment used:

1. Astro-Tech AT60ED with the 0.8x Reducer/Flattener on Advanced VX Mount
2. Mount controlled via Astroberry
3. ZWO ASI533MC Pro
4. Svbony 60mm guide scope with ZWO ASI120MM-Mini guide cam
5. 25x240sec with L-Pro
6. 15 darks
7. 30 flats for each session
8. 35 bias
9. I stacked the Comet in AstroPixelProcessor and stacked the stars in Siril to try and just get the stars stacked. I then made a composite in Photoshop.

I also have a short timelapse of the comet zooming through the sky and some more info + my process in this video: https://www.youtube....h?v=-ApH5fxkWBI

 

[danny1976]

Good catch.