Comet ISOn by Damien Peach

[Knight of Clear Skies]

Just seen this amazing image of comet ISON by Damian Peach, and thought it was well worth sharing. Gorgeous detail in the tail.

[jambouk]

Not bad

James

[astrodam]

This guy produces some awesome pictures!

[Mark at Beaufort]

I went to a talk by Damian Peach in August - he produces such incredible astro photographs. When I first saw this photo of Comet Ison is just blow me away - its just fantastic.

What I could not work out is how Damian was able to get such a sharp image of the comet and still have the background stars and that galaxy so sharp (no motion blur)

[SHUTTLE ATLANTIS]

all of  the photos ive seen by damien are mind blowing i mean the detail in his shots its like he,s flying along side her

amazing

[MadAlbert]

Peachy

[Peter Drew]

Pity there were no capture or location details, I would have expected some star trailing during the exposure, maybe this was a composite image for effect. A real "keeper" if the comet is lost whilst passing the Sun.

[Astro Imp]

Wonderful but what we have come to expect from Damien.

[Andy_E]

That's stunning, looks almost like an artists impression!

[jabeoo1]

Wow...That image made me swear at my monitor in amazement.  This Mr Peach appears to know what he is doing. 

[Ludd]

I'd been wondering when we'd start to see some of his images of ISON - back in September he said he was looking to give this comet plenty of attention when it got closer.

[Alien 13]

Cant believe hes using a reflector great image though.

[voeole]

Awesome !

[Luke]

Incredible photo  

[nerointegrale16v]

absolutely amazing

[Chris]

I went to a talk by Damian Peach in August - he produces such incredible astro photographs. When I first saw this photo of Comet Ison is just blow me away - its just fantastic.

What I could not work out is how Damian was able to get such a sharp image of the comet and still have the background stars and that galaxy so sharp (no motion blur)

Me too, I can't figure out how he's done it? Simply an amazing shot!

[Knight of Clear Skies]

What I could not work out is how Damian was able to get such a sharp image of the comet and still have the background stars and that galaxy so sharp (no motion blur)

Pity there were no capture or location details, I would have expected some star trailing during the exposure, maybe this was a composite image for effect. A real "keeper" if the comet is lost whilst passing the Sun.

Yes, would be very interesting to hear how the shot was achieved. I would guess it's a composite of some kind. Perhaps he used two scopes, one for the comet and one for the background. The stars show diffraction spikes, but the comet nucleus doesn't.

[jambouk]

Yes, would be very interesting to hear how the shot was achieved. I would guess it's a composite of some kind. Perhaps he used two scopes, one for the comet and one for the background. The stars show diffraction spikes, but the comet nucleus doesn't.

Email him and ask.

James

[Crebles]

Wow. 

[Stargazing_Cliff]

I captured somet early hours awesome automatic capture aswell 

[jambouk]

Cliff

That is great. What kit and exposure settings and what time in the morning? Recently?

James

[RogerTheDodger]

Out of curiosity I dropped the image into Astrometry.net to see where it was and I was surprised to several others have got close to Damien's pic in the similar images. here is one http://nova.astrometry.net/user_images/133847#annotated

[Mike73]

Beautiful Damien Peach image but I couldn't help but spotting all those lovely galaxies in the background!!

[michael.h.f.wilkinson]

Beautiful Damien Peach image but I couldn't help but spotting all those lovely galaxies in the background!!

Same here. Lovely image, great comet and very nice DSOs thrown in as well

[Paul M]

I captured somet early hours awesome automatic capture aswell 

I'm fairly sure that isn't Ison.

If the time stamp is accurate then Ison was still below the horizon at that time.

Looking at the overexposed moon at the edge of the image I'm wondering if the comet like feature is an optical aberration or lens flare?