Comet Lulin and Regulus (28th February)

[Andrew*]

I didn’t expect comet Lulin to have cleared the wall when I went out for a quick observing session on the 28th, but as I got there and saw Leo crouching nobly on the wall, I centred comet Lulin and had a look in the scope. I quickly went inside to get the DSLR and get some shots, although I knew I was very time-restricted.

So this is only 8x30 secs (4 mere minutes) at ISO 800 (one of 3200), so lots of noise left over unfortunately, but I’m glad I got a pic nevertheless. Regulus in the frame is the cherry on the top for me. I used the ED80 and stacked in the regular manner in DSS, which shows the movement of the comet against the star field over 6 minutes. I couldn’t find the comet stacking feature in DSS (3.2.2) – could someone please enlighten me?

Hope you like.

[Psychobilly]

You have to identify the comet in each frame then you wil get a comet stacking option ...

Covered in this thread...

http://stargazerslounge.com/showthread.php?t=75919

Post #3

If the comets core is to "stretched" it wont allow you to pick it which is whta happened with my 120s subs fromthe Meg72 FFIII you should be fine with yours

Billy...

[Andrew*]

Thanks Billy. Didn't like the result with both tracked, so here's the stars tracked instead.

Andrew

[Psychobilly]

No Probs

Nice result as well ...

Billy...