The Seagull and Thor's Helmet by Ahmed Waddah, on Flickr
Giruá, RS, Brazil. Bortle 4.
Sharpstar 13028HNT (Newtonian, 130mm f2.8)
asi6200mc
pixinsight, photoshop
Giruá, RS, Brazil. Bortle 4. FotonAstro Astropipe 200MM F4 Newtonian Astrograph asi2600mc pixinsight, photoshop
Near Alligator Point, Florida Bortle 2 skiesThank you, that's a really great image! I can see so much in it - not just the comet, Mars, the Pleiades and the California Nebula, but also the Hyades, IC 348, Barnard 22 and the Baby Owl Nebula, among other things. You made all the nebulosity in Taurus look so impressive. I really like it!michele.gz wrote: ↑Thu Feb 16, 2023 11:27 am
C/2022 E3 (ZTF) Comet along with Mars, Pleiades and California Nebula
Photo by Michele Guzzini and Lorenzo Cappella
Location: Sibillini Mountains National Park, Italy
Date: 2023/02/13
Parallel dual camera setup
Nikon Z6 + Nikkor Z 85mm F/1.8 S
Nikon Z6 II + Nikkor Z 85mm F/1.8 S
Integration of 103x90sec F/2.2 ISO 800 + calibration frames
Thank you, I really like your image! I actually particularly like what you pointed out yourself, namely that you captured the comet just as it was passing in front of cluster NGC 1647. There are also a number of well-known deep sky objects in your image, and you have brought them out well and shown them in very fine color. I like the wealth of small background stars in your image, too.fred_76290 wrote: ↑Thu Feb 16, 2023 9:05 am Hello,
On the evening of February 13, from 10-12 pm CET, the sky was very clear and I took the opportunity to image the comet one last time. It was passing between Mars and Aldebaran, right in the cluster NGC 1647.
I wanted to frame it wide in order to have lots of colors on the image:
- red with the California nebula
- orange with Mars and Aldebaran
- blue with the Pleïades
- green with the comet
- black areas with all the dark nebula in this area
So I took my brand new full frame Canon EOS R6 mark II, with a Sigma 70-200mm f/2.8 Sport, mounted on an Astrotrac TT320, a sturdy (and antic) Manfrotto 144B tripod and traveled to the observatory of the Societe Astronomique du Havre, 15 miles away from the urban light polluted area.
Settings :
60 seconds x 138 (best over 167 images)
70 mm f/2.8, ISO 1600
Alignment and stacking with Siril
Post treatment with Photoshop
Best regards
Frederic Michaud from Societe Astronomique du Havre (France) www.sahavre.fr
mars-c2022e3-California.jpg
https://www.webastro.net/uploads/monthl ... 2e4a27.jpg
Thank you Ann, yes it's a very dense region in the sky and definitely one of my favorite!Ann wrote: ↑Fri Feb 17, 2023 6:36 amThank you, that's a really great image! I can see so much in it - not just the comet, Mars, the Pleiades and the California Nebula, but also the Hyades, IC 348, Barnard 22 and the Baby Owl Nebula, among other things. You made all the nebulosity in Taurus look so impressive. I really like it!michele.gz wrote: ↑Thu Feb 16, 2023 11:27 am
C/2022 E3 (ZTF) Comet along with Mars, Pleiades and California Nebula
Photo by Michele Guzzini and Lorenzo Cappella
Location: Sibillini Mountains National Park, Italy
Date: 2023/02/13
Parallel dual camera setup
Nikon Z6 + Nikkor Z 85mm F/1.8 S
Nikon Z6 II + Nikkor Z 85mm F/1.8 S
Integration of 103x90sec F/2.2 ISO 800 + calibration frames
And forgive me for asking, but are you by any chance a woman? I'm asking because your name, Michele, would be a woman's name in my country. But maybe not where you live.
Ann
Thank you so much Ann. Note that I did a version better showing the Integrated Flux Nebula (IFN), though not as much as Michele :Ann wrote: ↑Fri Feb 17, 2023 6:48 am Thank you, I really like your image! I actually particularly like what you pointed out yourself, namely that you captured the comet just as it was passing in front of cluster NGC 1647. There are also a number of well-known deep sky objects in your image, and you have brought them out well and shown them in very fine color. I like the wealth of small background stars in your image, too.
Welcome to Starship Asterisk*!
Ann
