Comet PanSTARRS on 03-Mar-2013 & Time-lapse video

Time-lapse video of the session here

IMAGING DATA
Optical train: AP130 EDF GT + AP 0.75x focal reducer
Mount: Losmandy G11
Guiding: unguided
Camera: Canon 1000D (modded and peltier cooled)
Frames: 40 lights, 5 sec. ea. @iso800, plus 40 lights, 5 sec. ea. @iso1600, calibrated with 30 darks/bias
Processing: PixInsight 1.8 using a mixed technique to separate comet from stars. HDR processing was used to reveal structure in the comet's coma.
Date: 2013-03-03
Place: General Pacheco, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Seeing & transparency: average/good (suburban skies)

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  • ok on 2013-Aug-17 01:11:23 ok said

    good!