njoker555
njoker555 OP t1_j6c4jf5 wrote
Reply to comment by seffej in 100 minutes of Comet C/2022 E3 (ZTF) from my backyard by njoker555
I feel you about the cold! Definitely makes it much harder.
Did you try to find it naked eye or did you use a telescope/binoculars? I hear that the comet is pretty easy to spot with binoculars if you haven't tried that.
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!
njoker555 OP t1_j6c8ubc wrote
Reply to comment by apeonpatrol in 100 minutes of Comet C/2022 E3 (ZTF) from my backyard by njoker555
Can't see it Naked Eye :( I'm right outside of Boston and even at its brightest, it'll be really hard to see it without at least binoculars.
And the weather has also been really bad. Terrible clouds and very bad transparency.