Low in the western skylight from perth Observatory on their equipment to get my first look at this comet. See also cropped version. Artifact around the stars generated by DeepSkyStacker 'comet+stars' mode that tries to track and stack the comet, masking the stars, then stacking the fixed stars overlaid on the comet stack. In this case evidence of the star trails has been left. DeepSkyStacker 4.2.6 Stacked (18) of 21 Images in Comet+Stars mode ISO 1600 @ 10 Sec, 26 DARK @ 120 Sec, 16 BIAS, 0 FLATS, Post-processed with Adobe Photoshop CC 2022 Telescope - Meade LX200-ACF 14" f/10 F-3556mm, Long Perng 0.6x APO Focal Reducer,No filter, Canon 60D DSLR field 35' x 25' , Ambient ~20C. Meade Fork mount with EQ X-Wedge with siderial tracking, no guiding. BackYardEOS 3.2 for image capture.
Telescope - PowerNewt 200mm f/4 with Baader MPCC Coma Corrector (at 55mm backfocus) for F=800mm f/4.0, IDAS LPS-P2 filter, QHY 268C CMOS camera field 68' x 101' , Ambient ~25C, Camera 0C. Astroberry on RP-4B with Kstars/Ekos for EQMOD mount control, auto-focusing, plate solving and image acquisition. Mount - Skywatcher NEQ6 Pro. Guidescope - Orion ShortTube 80 with Starlight Xpress SuperStar (Mono) CCD Auto Guider and Ekos auto guiding software.
DeepSkyStacker 4.2.6 Stacked (20) of 28 Images ISO 1600 @ 30 Sec, 19 DARK @ 120 Sec, 19 BIAS, 29 FLATS, Post-processed with Adobe Photoshop CC 2022 Pentax SMC Takumar 200mm f/4, 37mm stop ring to f/5.4, M42/EOS adapter, Hoya UV filter, Baader BCF modified Canon 70D DSLR field 381' x 254' , Ambient ~28C. Astroberry on RP-4B with Kstars/Ekos for EQMOD mount control, auto-focusing, plate solving and image acquisition. Mount - Skywatcher NEQ6 Pro. Guidescope - Orion ShortTube 80 with Starlight Xpress SuperStar (Mono) CCD Auto Guider and Ekos auto guiding software.
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