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Comet Neowise

Comet Neowise

C/2020 F3 (NEOWISE) 2 Ion trailsbr/Taken with a ZWO 071 OSC thru a Nikkor 105 mm lens on a EQ6 mount at Handhills Alberta br/It was moving quickly in the sky Here it is in Ursa Majorbr/Guiding on the head 4 subs were used that did not have clouds in thembr/Our little group of Astrophotographers in Alberta were looking for a place to meet with the Covid standards in place. We choose an RV campground near Delia Alberta (Handhills). RVers normally social distance. We respected the new rules and had a great time. The group of us were mainly after the comet.br/Using my EQ6 mount with a camera lens I guided on the comet headbr/Clouds where constantly affecting my 5 and 10 min exposures. Processing it was very difficult. Only 4 subs were used out of over 50 taken (no clouds). Each sub was calibrated and stretched equallybr/ Stars were removed. Starless registered and combined image then processed br/ Star image was registered and combinedbr/ stars where put back into the imagebr/ The comet was then processed for finishing
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Subcategory:Night Sky
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