njoker555

njoker555 OP t1_j6bdcdf wrote

The clouds finally gave me a break to shoot this. This is my first real comet capture (I shot NEOWISE a few years ago but it was just a stock DSLR/lens shot).

I have a very quick timelapse at the beginning of this video covering the comet if anyone's interested: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ApH5fxkWBI

You can find more of my videos at: https://youtube.com/Naztronomy

See this on Astrobin: https://www.astrobin.com/telzdd/

Equipment used:

  • Astro-Tech AT60ED with the 0.8x Reducer/Flattener on Advanced VX Mount
  • Mount controlled via Astroberry
  • ZWO ASI533MC Pro
  • Svbony 60mm guide scope with ZWO ASI120MM-Mini guide cam
  • 25x240sec with L-Pro
  • 15 darks
  • 30 flats for each session
  • 35 bias
  • 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.

Due to my exposure settings, I couldn't get rid of the comet in a star stack in APP and I couldn't get rid of the stars in Siril so I ended up combining them.

You can see a higher resolution at https://www.naztronomy.com/images/portfolio/fullscreen/Comet_c2022_e3_ztf.jpg

Happy to answer any questions! Thanks for looking!

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