Siding Springs and Mars

[RAC]

I'm not that good at processing moving targets so i didn't bother trying to sort out Mars as well as the comet.

88 x 30sec @ ISO3200
Canon 60D
Stacked with Deepskystacker, processed in PixInsight and Photoshop.
Carbon Serrurier truss Royce 10" f4 Newtonian.
Televue paracorr type 2 corrector.
Takahashi NJP mount.

C/2013 A1 Siding springs and Mars by Raymond Collecutt, on Flickr

And here's a video, its a bit low quality but you'll get the idea.

https://flic.kr/p/psqLZj

[baggywrinkle]

Very nice indeed.

[Pete Presland]

very nice capture, not the easiest of targets.

[SnakeyJ]

That's a stunner, in fact the detail in the comet amd tail looks better than Mr Peach's own on the BBC site yesterday.

Will we get a better chance at SS from earth as it gets closer in?

[Knight of Clear Skies]

Excellent work.

[phantom14]

that's a great shot, pity we didn't get the cloud breaks here before it set