Saturday, January 17, 2015

Friday Night LOVEJOY

      It was another sorta clear night.  I wish the skies where darker, but I will take what I can get.  This is the result of 6,  300sec. exposures @ 1600iso taken with my T3i and  NP101.  I guided on the comet so the stars have trails.  That's about as much tali as I can get.  Processed and stacked in Photoshop CS6e.

Clear Skies:  Glen

Wednesday, January 14, 2015




     I just finished processing more images from last night.  These where the first set of images  I took when the skies where darker, and I hadn't rotated the camera.  I had set PHD to guide on the comet.  Clearly looking at my other images I now see with them I had done something wrong.  This is the image I was hoping to get.  Far better structure in the tale.

I wanna get back out there
Comet Lovejoy (C/2014 Q2)
     After a long drought of not being out in the Observatory, we finally got some clear skies.  Not perfect skies, but I will take what I can get.  My goal was to get an image of the comet.  I took 4 x  300sec. images @1600iso.   Using my Canon XSi, and Tele Vue NP101 @f5.4 refractor.  I used PHD guiding to track the comet.  That is why the stars look a little odd.  The images where stacked and processed using Photoshop CS6e.  I am hoping to get out again to get more images before the comet fades.