NEOWISE and meteor

[michael.h.f.wilkinson]

One of tonight's captures was photo bombed

30 s exposure at 200 ISO, Sigma 50-100 mm F/1.8 at 100 mm. 

[Ouroboros]

Great picture.  Did you have to stretch that image much? I found at 200ISO and 30s the image was too faint. 

[michael.h.f.wilkinson]

20 minutes ago, Ouroboros said:

Great picture.  Did you have to stretch that image much? I found at 200ISO and 30s the image was too faint. 

Just a little, shooting at F/1.8 helps a lot, I find, longer exposures or higher ISO might have blown out the nucleus 

[thomasv]

Wow, how lucky is that? Are you going to stack the comet subs and combine it with the meteor picture? I wouldn't even know where to start ...

 

[michael.h.f.wilkinson]

14 minutes ago, thomasv said:

Wow, how lucky is that? Are you going to stack the comet subs and combine it with the meteor picture? I wouldn't even know where to start ...

 

I will try. I have just finished stacking 20 subs, which gives some nice results, but will do some head scratching on how to best combine the images.

[Ouroboros]

1 hour ago, michael.h.f.wilkinson said:

Just a little, shooting at F/1.8 helps a lot, I find, longer exposures or higher ISO might have blown out the nucleus 

Aha ... yes. I was on f/8.  Goodness knows why. I guess I was stuck in terrestrial photo mode.  

[michael.h.f.wilkinson]

Slightly better process of the image, with darks and flats applied

[Rattler]

Fantastic capture. The ion tail is there too.