Comet ISON observed

JohnONeill
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11 years 1 month ago - 11 years 1 month ago #98973 by JohnONeill

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Hi,

I managed to get a quick and dirty image of Comet ISON this morning during Nautical Twilight. It was probably not (at least I hope) this faint as a dust doughnut was right beside the Comet.

Nearby, visually, Mars and Regulus were a pretty pair.

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11 years 1 month ago #98976 by flt158

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Congratulations, John, for photographing Comet Ison.

Aubrey.

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11 years 1 month ago #98985 by Roy Stewart

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Nice1 John..

It looks like I'm not the only nut to stay up
til the wee hours to catch a glimpse of ISON..
Not as bright as I thought it would be but definitely
visible.. I used my 12" Dob at 60X.

Now just looking forward to seeing how bright it gets
coming closer to Dec.

Cheers Roy

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11 years 1 month ago - 11 years 1 month ago #98993 by albertw

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Managed to spot it after 5am this morning when it cleared a badly placed tree

Fainter than I expected, but comets always are I suppose, came out clearly enough in an image before the clouds started to roll in.

Albert White MSc FRAS
Chairperson, International Dark Sky Association - Irish Section
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11 years 1 month ago #98996 by manic_dave

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Looks good Albert.

what equip did you use to shoot this. Is it a single frame?

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11 years 1 month ago #98997 by albertw

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manic_dave wrote: Looks good Albert.

what equip did you use to shoot this. Is it a single frame?

Yup Single 300s @ 1600ISO. Setup was C9.25 w/ f6.3 focal reducer, modified Canon 1000D. CLS-CCD filter.

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