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Comet Neowise near M53 #astrophotography
During yesterdays podcast, Jerry mentioned that Comet Neowise would be near M53 last night and asked people to supply pictures. I'll attach my attempt from our Bortle 5 skies. It was very cloudy but we did have about an hour when the clouds mostly parted and I was able to take pictures. I ended up with 21 - 60 second exposures. I processed the pictures in Deep Sky Stacker, using the mode to track the comet, then I used the mode to track the background stars. I'll include both. I also used Affinity Photo and Lightroom. The comet is obviously much dimmer compared to a few weeks ago and the tail has all but disappeared. I am wondering though why it now appears to be reddish compared to the bright green color when it had a tail. Any ideas?
Mike Leemhuis -- Location: Nicholasville, KY Mount: Explore Scientific Exos-2 Scope: Explore Scientific ED102CF, Orion 60mm guidescope Camera: QHY163C and QHY5L-ii Filter: Optolong L-eNhance 2" Software: ASCOM, PHD2, CDC, Stellarium, Sharpcap Pro, NINA, Deep Sky Stacker, Affinity Photo, Lightroom Computer: ASRock X570 Steel Legend, AMD Ryzen 7 3700X 8-Core Processor, 3600Mhz Extras: Lots of 3D printed parts I designed for improved usability
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Hey Mike, I must have missed that broadcast, here is my contribution. 10 x 20s exposures at unity gain 139, integrated in APP
-- Tim Myers Telescopes: Celestron 4SE, Celestron 8SE, SkyWatcher 100ED Pro Mounts: 4-5 SE, 6-8SE, EXOS-2GT with PMC-Eight Cameras: ASI1600MC Imaging Camera, Cooled, ASI120 Guide Camera Focuser: ZWO EAF Scope Mini OC: Topton Pentium Laptop: Lenovo Software: CDC, SharpCap, NINA, PHD2
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Mike Forbes <mikeforbes059@...>
Timothy, Thank you so much. I love it, so crisp and detailed. Clear skies my friend, Mike
On Tue, Aug 11, 2020 at 10:04 AM Timothy Myers <tim_s_myers@...> wrote:
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