Comet in the Dust...

[ollypenrice]

Comet C/2023 E3 passes the IFN (or other dust.)

Project with Paul Kummer, RASA 8/Avalon Linear/ASI2600MC. Capture and stacking done remotely by Paul on a rig based at my place. My post processing. The image is composite, consisting of a stack aligned on the comet and then placed over a background sky stack shot after its departure - but carefully aligned.

Olly

 

[Magnum]

Great image Olly, so wish I had a darker sky comets and broadband targets.

 

Lee

[gorann]

Beautiful! We have all seen so many of images of this comet by now, but this one really stands out. Great idea to combine the IFN data with the comet data. I don't think I have seen that take on it yet, and it could probably only be done this good with a RASA.
 

[ollypenrice]

3 minutes ago, gorann said:

Beautiful! We have all seen so many of images of this comet by now, but this one really stands out. Great idea to combine the IFN data with the comet data. I don't think I have seen that take on it yet, and it could probably only be done this good with a RASA.
 

The RASA is a kind of Hubble Deep Field instrument in the sense that it turns an 'empty' starfield into one full of nebulosity, apparently wherever you look.  This is a Godsend for imaging the comet, though we were lucky with the way the dusty shapes work nicely with the tails.

Olly

[MartinB]

Superb composition!  Well done both.