Panstarrs C2012-K1 passing Alkid and M51

[melsky]

Managed to grab a few frames of comet Panstarrs 2012-K1 passing close Alkid and M51 with the modded Canon 600D and 200mm lens last night.

This is a stack of 12 frames of 120 sec each @ 1600iso, it's closing in on M51 so well worth a look.

Mel

[IanWatkins]

Nicely done Mel.

Hopefully I'll get to look at in over the next few nights if we get some clear skies.

is it me, or does the comet have a green tinge to it? Is that an artefact of the capture/processing or is it really green?

Cheers

Ian

[melsky]

It really is green Ian, I believe it is cyanogen which give it the distinctive green colour which is less easy to see visually than in images.

Mel

[IanWatkins]

That is great information and a great image, nice one Mel.

In the past I've struggled to see any colour in the coma/tails of comets, especially visually (as you would expect), so it is really nice to see it in images.

Cheers

Ian

[JB80]

Nice capture, this comet is giving all sorts of grief. Well not the comet itself but I have had little luck imaging it so it's nice to see a good picture.

[Davey-T]

Another Panstarrs K1 from last night, half a dozen 180sec shots with 60Da ISO1600 on 100mm refractor no calibration and guided on stars so you can see how fast it's moving.

Wondering now if I could have fitted M51 in doh. No just had a quick look on Stellarium and would have needed the 200mm lens.

Dave

Looks awfully light now it's uploaded

[Davey-T]

Just realised how bad this pic looked when uploaded so had a go at removing the gradient etc in PS . Too late to edit it so reposting.

Dave

[todd8137]

Cool stuff

Pat

[melsky]

Managed to catch them again a couple of days later this time with a stray satellite flare as well

Mel

[Pete Presland]

cracking images, very nicely captured!

[Jannis]

Nice capture. It's very interesting to see how green this actually is, as when i processed my data on it, i thought it was my color balance that was way off and tried to correct it. Little did i know it actually was perfect - untill i removed the strong green cast...

[mikeobrien]

Wow fantastic image Mel just not been clear to get another shot at this one.

Mike

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