Holmes Tail with Larson-Sekanina Process

[steppenwolf]

I took more images last night to try and capture additional tail detail by increasing the exposure times from the original 2 seconds to 60 seconds. Again, I took a sequence of 50 images and stacked then centred on the core so the star trails should be there 8) ! I was quite disappointed that there did not seem to be that much more data captured but by processing the images using a Rotational Gradient filter (Larson-Sekanina), was pleasantly rewarded by a confirmation of the previous night's 'tail' images produced by a totally different process:-

[Rob]

That is an interesting shot. Thanks for sharing

Rob

[barkis]

Pretty nifty bit of forensic detective work Steve. I was beginning to think this comet was tail less.

Extraordinary image, and very cleverly revealed.

Ron.

[mik]

Very interesting image good detail.

Mick.