C/2019 Y4 (ATLAS) - My first comet

[Datalord]

By chance I saw Atlas would be in a good spot and there was some clear skies for a single night, so I figured I'd give it a shot. Processing in PI with the help of CometAlignment script. I'm happy I know what I'm doing, because that was a complicated thing to do.

Anyways, 23*R, 22*G and 19*B, all bin2 180s shot on April 2nd with my RC equipment.

[MarkAR]

Lovely image, one of the best I've seen so far.

[Star101]

Comet lay'd on top of stars?

180s I would expect slightly elongated stars.  Or was the scope following the stars and the comet moving...Then I would expect a elongated comet head!

Pray tell

[Stargazer33]

That's really nice. Best image of a tail I've seen with this comet so far.

Really should get out there tonight but having been humping 2.4m sleepers about making a raised flower bed I'm aching too much to carry all the kit out into the garden. Maybe once I've finished this and the little morning breakfast patio I'll have earned enough brownie points to make a start on a mini observatory! 

[Datalord]

18 minutes ago, Star101 said:

Comet lay'd on top of stars?

180s I would expect slightly elongated stars.  Or was the scope following the stars and the comet moving...Then I would expect a elongated comet head!

Pray tell

The comet head is indeed elongated, as you can see. Yes, my mount was doing normal equatorial speed.

And yes, I processed the stars and the comet separately and then blended it on top of each other. Here are the separates before I did the blend and merge in PI.

Edited April 4, 2020 by Datalord

[alan potts]

I'll go one better, it is the best I've seen.

Alan