new comet
Sep 3, 2023 14:54:07 #
PoppieJ
Loc: North Georgia
I went out this morning with the intention of getting a picture of the comet. I know that it is dim 7.11? magnitude but I found it and got a couple of shots before it got to light to see it any longer. My question is have any of you shot this yet and if so did you see a tail on it? All that I got was a star sized (relative) green dot with no other detail. I shot a 200mm f4 3200 ISO with a 6 second exposure
Sep 3, 2023 20:34:04 #
No, I haven't. Honestly, I do not know we had a new one in the sky.
If you have a Intervalometer, you can set up and shoot a series of images.
I've done that with my DSLR mounted on my Asto Mount to keep the camera aimed as the comet is visible. You can do the same thing with whatever tripod you have.
I don't recall right off hand what I was using, but 30 second exposures comes to mind. It's long enough to collect the light and more importantly, whatever tail may be recordable.
By using an Intervalometer you can record the stars, with the comet moving in front of them.
Comets are a great object for you to chase. Just play with your settings and find what works best for you.
Good Luck and have fun with it. Please post whatever you can gather.
https://youtu.be/bW1SCH3E4GM?si=xGowW1u5uWIHO0XK
https://youtu.be/0l9eqexZocY?si=cgzJ4lSEiu1pL9NI
https://www.youtube.com/results?sp=mAEB&search_query=Imaging+comets
I just update Stellarium (which I use as my Planetarium software) to include C/2023P1 (Nishimura)
I followed this guy:
https://youtu.be/_eLcfj5ywTs?si=A6rXe5udBzXAyM5P
He's good and goes slow enough that you can follow him. But feel free (if you use this after downloading and installing Stellarium) to pause the video as you make the additions. If the comet isn't already in your program.
Here is more info about it:
https://starwalk.space/en/news/new-comet-c2023-p1
If you have a Intervalometer, you can set up and shoot a series of images.
I've done that with my DSLR mounted on my Asto Mount to keep the camera aimed as the comet is visible. You can do the same thing with whatever tripod you have.
I don't recall right off hand what I was using, but 30 second exposures comes to mind. It's long enough to collect the light and more importantly, whatever tail may be recordable.
By using an Intervalometer you can record the stars, with the comet moving in front of them.
Comets are a great object for you to chase. Just play with your settings and find what works best for you.
Good Luck and have fun with it. Please post whatever you can gather.
https://youtu.be/bW1SCH3E4GM?si=xGowW1u5uWIHO0XK
https://youtu.be/0l9eqexZocY?si=cgzJ4lSEiu1pL9NI
https://www.youtube.com/results?sp=mAEB&search_query=Imaging+comets
I just update Stellarium (which I use as my Planetarium software) to include C/2023P1 (Nishimura)
I followed this guy:
https://youtu.be/_eLcfj5ywTs?si=A6rXe5udBzXAyM5P
He's good and goes slow enough that you can follow him. But feel free (if you use this after downloading and installing Stellarium) to pause the video as you make the additions. If the comet isn't already in your program.
Here is more info about it:
https://starwalk.space/en/news/new-comet-c2023-p1
Sep 4, 2023 12:06:50 #
Sep 4, 2023 16:57:22 #
PoppieJ
Loc: North Georgia
SHWeiss wrote:
I shot this morning 60s shots, need to stack but I do see a tail
did you use a tracker? maybe I can get out tomorrow morning and try again
Sep 4, 2023 20:00:48 #
Yes, for exposures over 4 seconds at 200mm a tracker is needed, stacking (DSS) 50 4 second images could improve the signal to noise ratio enough to see the tail
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