[Leica] More fun with comets

[Douglas Barry]

Well done. I tried last night but the glow from Dublin city was 
overwhelming. It looks like I'll have to drive a fair bit - maybe 30 
miles - to find a suitable site, but tonight it was too cloudy to bother 
and the weather is not looking too clear for the next few days either.

Douglas


On 20/07/2020 06:21, Peter Klein via LUG wrote:
> Here's my best set from last night's comet hunt.
>
> This shot will show you what I was up against. My chosen site had a 
> great view, but the old sewage treatment plant, now converted to a 
> pumping station, was lighting up the sky.
> <https://www.flickr.com/photos/24844563@N04/50131046763/in/dateposted-public/> 
>
>
> I was able to make a bit of lemonade out of that lemon, though:
> <https://www.flickr.com/photos/24844563@N04/50131834767/in/dateposted-public/> 
>
>
> I got lucky on this one, a satellite track "chopping" off the comet's 
> tail:
> <https://www.flickr.com/photos/24844563@N04/50131045688/in/photostream/>
>
> <https://www.flickr.com/photos/24844563@N04/50131609141/in/photostream/>
> <https://www.flickr.com/photos/24844563@N04/50128829231/in/photostream/>
>
> This is pushing the limit of enlargement.
> <https://www.flickr.com/photos/24844563@N04/50131044783/in/photostream/>
>
> 8 second exposures do elongate the stars slightly, for those of us not 
> blessed with equatorial mount.  But Focus Magic software has a motion 
> blur correction feature that fixes that quite nicely.  I used it on 
> some of these.
>
> View large by pressing "L."  Or click on any picture, once to magnify, 
> again to magnify even more, and again to go back to the original display.
>
> Enjoy!
> --Peter
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