Tonight I noticed I'd just passed 103 nights of imaging in my observatory this year. 103 reminded me of Comet 103P/Hartley (yeah, my mind is wired weird). So to commemorate the event I shot a series of 13 ten second exposures of the comet each spaced 5 minutes apart between 0901 and 1004 UTC (0301-0404 MDT) and strung them together in an animation. Specs: C-14 @ f/5.5, ST-10 binned 3x3, C filter, FOV ~ 18' x 26'. North is up, east to the left. http://users.wirelessbeehive.com/~paw/temp/103PHARTLEY20101001.GIF I didn't do anything "heroic" to the raw files other than apply a master dark and master flat and remove several hot and cold pixels. If anyone would care to have a go at bringing out more cometary structure I'd be happy to email them the originals. patrick
Patrick, Very good. I am impressed Rodger -----Original Message----- From: utah-astronomy-bounces@mailman.xmission.com [mailto:utah-astronomy-bounces@mailman.xmission.com] On Behalf Of Patrick Wiggins Sent: Friday, October 01, 2010 5:11 AM To: utah astronomy utah astronomy listserve Subject: [Utah-astronomy] Comet Hartley Tonight I noticed I'd just passed 103 nights of imaging in my observatory this year. 103 reminded me of Comet 103P/Hartley (yeah, my mind is wired weird). So to commemorate the event I shot a series of 13 ten second exposures of the comet each spaced 5 minutes apart between 0901 and 1004 UTC (0301-0404 MDT) and strung them together in an animation. Specs: C-14 @ f/5.5, ST-10 binned 3x3, C filter, FOV ~ 18' x 26'. North is up, east to the left. http://users.wirelessbeehive.com/~paw/temp/103PHARTLEY20101001.GIF I didn't do anything "heroic" to the raw files other than apply a master dark and master flat and remove several hot and cold pixels. If anyone would care to have a go at bringing out more cometary structure I'd be happy to email them the originals. patrick _______________________________________________ Utah-Astronomy mailing list Utah-Astronomy@mailman.xmission.com http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/utah-astronomy Visit the Photo Gallery: http://www.slas.us/gallery2/main.php Visit the Wiki: http://www.utahastronomy.com
That's great, Patrick!! --- On Fri, 10/1/10, Rodger C. Fry <rcfry@comcast.net> wrote:
From: Rodger C. Fry <rcfry@comcast.net> Subject: Re: [Utah-astronomy] Comet Hartley To: "'Utah Astronomy'" <utah-astronomy@mailman.xmission.com> Date: Friday, October 1, 2010, 8:02 AM Patrick, Very good. I am impressed Rodger
-----Original Message----- From: utah-astronomy-bounces@mailman.xmission.com [mailto:utah-astronomy-bounces@mailman.xmission.com] On Behalf Of Patrick Wiggins Sent: Friday, October 01, 2010 5:11 AM To: utah astronomy utah astronomy listserve Subject: [Utah-astronomy] Comet Hartley
Tonight I noticed I'd just passed 103 nights of imaging in my observatory this year. 103 reminded me of Comet 103P/Hartley (yeah, my mind is wired weird).
So to commemorate the event I shot a series of 13 ten second exposures of the comet each spaced 5 minutes apart between 0901 and 1004 UTC (0301-0404 MDT) and strung them together in an animation.
Specs: C-14 @ f/5.5, ST-10 binned 3x3, C filter, FOV ~ 18' x 26'. North is up, east to the left.
http://users.wirelessbeehive.com/~paw/temp/103PHARTLEY20101001.GIF
I didn't do anything "heroic" to the raw files other than apply a master dark and master flat and remove several hot and cold pixels. If anyone would care to have a go at bringing out more cometary structure I'd be happy to email them the originals.
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That is pretty cool! ________________________________ From: Patrick Wiggins <paw@wirelessbeehive.com> To: utah astronomy utah astronomy listserve <utah-astronomy@mailman.xmission.com> Sent: Fri, October 1, 2010 5:10:32 AM Subject: [Utah-astronomy] Comet Hartley Tonight I noticed I'd just passed 103 nights of imaging in my observatory this year. 103 reminded me of Comet 103P/Hartley (yeah, my mind is wired weird). So to commemorate the event I shot a series of 13 ten second exposures of the comet each spaced 5 minutes apart between 0901 and 1004 UTC (0301-0404 MDT) and strung them together in an animation. Specs: C-14 @ f/5.5, ST-10 binned 3x3, C filter, FOV ~ 18' x 26'. North is up, east to the left. http://users.wirelessbeehive.com/~paw/temp/103PHARTLEY20101001.GIF I didn't do anything "heroic" to the raw files other than apply a master dark and master flat and remove several hot and cold pixels. If anyone would care to have a go at bringing out more cometary structure I'd be happy to email them the originals. patrick _______________________________________________ Utah-Astronomy mailing list Utah-Astronomy@mailman.xmission.com http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/utah-astronomy Visit the Photo Gallery: http://www.slas.us/gallery2/main.php Visit the Wiki: http://www.utahastronomy.com
Sweet animation, thanks Patrick! --- On Fri, 10/1/10, Patrick Wiggins <paw@wirelessbeehive.com> wrote:
From: Patrick Wiggins <paw@wirelessbeehive.com> Subject: [Utah-astronomy] Comet Hartley To: "utah astronomy utah astronomy listserve" <utah-astronomy@mailman.xmission.com> Date: Friday, October 1, 2010, 5:10 AM Tonight I noticed I'd just passed 103 nights of imaging in my observatory this year. 103 reminded me of Comet 103P/Hartley (yeah, my mind is wired weird).
So to commemorate the event I shot a series of 13 ten second exposures of the comet each spaced 5 minutes apart between 0901 and 1004 UTC (0301-0404 MDT) and strung them together in an animation.
Specs: C-14 @ f/5.5, ST-10 binned 3x3, C filter, FOV ~ 18' x 26'. North is up, east to the left.
http://users.wirelessbeehive.com/~paw/temp/103PHARTLEY20101001.GIF
I didn't do anything "heroic" to the raw files other than apply a master dark and master flat and remove several hot and cold pixels. If anyone would care to have a go at bringing out more cometary structure I'd be happy to email them the originals.
patrick _______________________________________________ Utah-Astronomy mailing list Utah-Astronomy@mailman.xmission.com http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/utah-astronomy Visit the Photo Gallery: http://www.slas.us/gallery2/main.php Visit the Wiki: http://www.utahastronomy.com
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