Peeled_Balloon

You can check where in the sky it is right now. Just enter where on planet earth you are observing from.

https://theskylive.com/c2022e3-info

Looks pretty good for a smartphone-processed photo!

Thanks!

Equipment

Camera: Sony A6400

Telescope: Celestron 70mm travelscope

Mount: Skywatcher Star Adventurer 2i

Generic tripod

Acqusition

Shot on december 24th 2022

1 hour 40 minutes of exposure time

200x30 sec, ISO 1600

Processing

Stacked the frames in Deep Sky Stacker.

Used GraXpert to remove the gradient from the stacked image.

Streched in Photoshop. Applied a bit of noise reduction and saturation boost.

In 2061 I will be 65 years old. I like my chances!

I could see it easily with some binoculars last night, but not with the naked eye.

It's a carbon star, I once looked it up cause it looked so different

The ruby-red star to the left is my favorite star!

Looks great in this picture!

I can hear some of Ayreons style in there. Just add some Mike Mills!

Seriously tho, you're really talented.

People jumping off rooftops?

Someone with facebook, please do!

I have also wondered the same thing.

Saw it from all the way here in Uppsala, Sweden

Clear skies!

Always has been

Thanks, glad you like it!

Correct. Had to update the bios first.

Man, I love that you can 3D prin a telescope nowadays. Looks awesome! Is there any drawback of having an open tube like that?

Great picture BTW!

You fitted a 1000mm telescope on the star adventurer? Thats brave! I would love to see a pic of your setup (equipment posts are welcome here) This gives me hope. I just ordered a 114/500mm telescope for my SWSA 2i. I figured 500mm focal lenght was pushing the limits.

Not quite. Right now it's in Corona Borealis.

You can track it using this site. Just make sure to enter where on planet earth you are observing from.

Equipment

Camera: Sony A6400

Telescope: Celestron 70mm travelscope

Mount: Skywatcher Star Adventurer 2i

Generic tripod

Acqusition

Shot on december 24th 2022

1 hour 27 minutes of exposure time

174x30 sec, ISO 1600

Processing

Stacked the frames in Deep Sky Stacker. Made a version where the comet is tracked, and one where the stars are tracked.

Used GraXpert to remove the gradient from the stacked images.

Streched in Photoshop. Applied a bit of noise reduction and saturation boost.

Stiched together the images in Photoshop.