P46/Wirtanen and M45

[Scooot]

Processing this was a bit of a challenge to say the least. My Comet only stack left very noticeable blue streaks near the Pleiades and I couldn’t remove them. They were even worse after I’d removed the large light pollution gradient near the bottom. So I cheated a bit, well it seems like cheating. I split both images in two, then used Gradient Merge to recombine half of the Comet only image with the good half of the Stars only image. I’ve darkened the background quite a lot to try and hide residual star streaks in the bottom half of the image, so don’t look too closely.  

I was very pleased to catch it with The Pleiades in the early hours of Sunday Morning. The rain and the absence of some street lights had improved the subs compared with my previous comet image.

Its the same set up as before, Canon 450D, 135mm on Star Adventurer, F2.8 ISO400 about 1.5 hours of 30 second exposures, processed in PixInsight. Hope you like it.

[tooth_dr]

Lovely image. A great amount of detail in both M45 and 46P

[Sunshine]

Wonderful shot of them both!

[Scooot]

Thanks @tooth_dr 

[Scooot]

1 minute ago, Sunshine said:

Wonderful shot of them both!

Thank you. I love M45  

[bob-c]

Great pic.

Bob.

[Scooot]

Cheers Bob

[paulastro]

Great shot Richard, it makes all your hard efforts well worthwhile.  Thanks for posting it. 

[Scooot]

Thanks Paul, I sense I might have another go at processing this some time.  

[cletrac1922]

Hi Guys

Not been able to observe the last couple of weeks, due to continual rain and overcast conditions

Last week was over in Fiji family situation, and thought might seen from there, as very little light pollution remote rural area, and same conditions applied, as at home

We had a cyclone hanging around as well, which dumped over 400mm of rain some communities north of where I am over  a few hours

John

[orion25]

Brilliant, Richard! Thanks for sharing!

Reggie

[Scooot]

8 hours ago, cletrac1922 said:

Hi Guys

Not been able to observe the last couple of weeks, due to continual rain and overcast conditions

Last week was over in Fiji family situation, and thought might seen from there, as very little light pollution remote rural area, and same conditions applied, as at home

We had a cyclone hanging around as well, which dumped over 400mm of rain some communities north of where I am over  a few hours

John

I feel for you, the weathers been lousy over here for a while as well. On the Saturday before I took this it was raining most of the day. I was pleasantly surprised the forecast to clear around midnight was correct.  

[Scooot]

8 hours ago, orion25 said:

Brilliant, Richard! Thanks for sharing!

Reggie

Thanks Reggie, nice of you to say so.  

[Mark at Beaufort]

That is a brilliant image of both objects - well done.

[Scooot]

Thanks Mark.

[Vixen4eva]

I managed to get an image of 46P sadly not at closest approach. Great image!!!

Alan

[Scooot]

28 minutes ago, Vixen4eva said:

I managed to get an image of 46P sadly not at closest approach. Great image!!!

Alan

Thank you Alan, i was hoping to catch M45 as well but didnt really expect to get the chance.  

[cletrac1922]

Stuck my head outside last night

Fairly clear skies, and did not set up the dob to chase P46

Almost full moon was sitting close to Orion and Pleiades, and entire yard cast in light from the moon

We have a super moon on the 21st January, which explains brightness last night, which will also be a lunar eclipse, and not visible from where I am

https://www.timeanddate.com/eclipse/lunar/2019-january-21

John

 

 

[SIDO]

Very nice image, sometimes overcoming a little difficulty  makes the whole difference in and of itself...

[Scooot]

20 hours ago, SIDO said:

Very nice image, sometimes overcoming a little difficulty  makes the whole difference in and of itself...

Thank you. Yes you’re right, I also learnt a little of a new processing tool so I’ll have to delve into it a bit more now.   

[Pete Presland]

Superbly captured Richard, its been pretty much cloud all the way since I last captured it.

[Scooot]

3 minutes ago, Pete Presland said:

Superbly captured Richard, its been pretty much cloud all the way since I last captured it.

Thanks Pete, it was clear for quite a while in the early hours.

[Pete Presland]

6 minutes ago, Scooot said:

Thanks Pete, it was clear for quite a while in the early hours.

I had a couple of short moonlight sessions with the bino's, but no images since the 13th.