C/2017 K2 (PanSTARRS) 16-7-22

[scotty1]

A lucky gestimate ware the comet should be using Vega, and pointing my camera in the general direction. I had a quick go from the garden about 1 am. This is a single shot no noise reduction converted to jpg in camera. The comet shifted behind my lilac bush so i couldn't try my 300mm zoom. The image is cropped in a fair bit.

The moon was casting a blue tone, and a few thin clouds around.

Pentax K70 + Tamron 90mm f2.8 macro lens with astrotracer on the hotshoe. 

One 20 second exp f3.2 ISO 3200 

 

Edited July 16, 2022 by scotty1

[mcrowle]

Excellent capture, especially given the conditions - M10, the comet and M12!

Regards, Mike

[Paul M]

Nice capture. 2 Globs in 1 image.

I took the liberty of anotating it in ASTAP just for something to do! I wanted to have a go at this myself last night but the clouds had other ideas

[scotty1]

Thanks for adding this annotation 🧐

 i don't have any stacking software at the moment. Or even a PC! , so I thought this was quite a bad attempt. 

The hot weather will bring poor visibility I'm thinking Saharan dust/ clouds. Only for a few days though.

Edited July 16, 2022 by scotty1

[Paul M]

27 minutes ago, scotty1 said:

i don't have any stacking software at the moment. Or even a PC! , so I thought this was quite a bad attempt. 

Well, you got more than I did.

I recognised the field immediately having studied the area myself yesterday with a view of getting the scope out later, but locating the comet in your image might have evaded less prepared readers!

Anyway, I enjoy playing with astro software on those nights when no observing or imaging is possible, I.E. the majority!

 

[scotty1]

6 hours ago, Paul M said:

Well, you got more than I did.

but locating the comet in your image might have evaded less prepared readers!  

Edited July 16, 2022 by scotty1