[AZ-Observing] Re: Comets at the Recent AAMM
- From: "David M. Douglass" <dmdouglass@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <az-observing@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 22 Mar 2013 16:30:32 -0700
Thanks....
I love this stuff !!!
Now if I could just figure out what I did back in Jan to lock the background
solid...
I'll find it.
David M. Douglass
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Sent: Friday, March 22, 2013 4:28 PM
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Subject: [AZ-Observing] Re: Comets at the Recent AAMM
Nice Work David
On Mar 22, 2013, at 4:24 PM, David M. Douglass <dmdouglass@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
> There was a considerable amount of excitement at the recent AAMM, with
> the observing of Comet PanSTARRS. Many excellent photographs have
> shown up, and enjoyed by all who care to look. But PanSTARRS was not
> the only comet to be viewed that evening.
>
> From 10:00 PM until Midnight, I was locked on Comet ISON. High in the
> sky, and slightly west of the Meridian, it was continuing on its
> journey to the sun. I took 60 2 minute exposures, and then created 20
> frames of 3 images each (thus a 6 minute on-target image), and
> combined them into an Animated GIFF, just like in my January
> observation. The entire animated gif lasts 20 seconds, and then repeats.
>
> It has been reported that Comet ISON has developed a tail, and it
> appears to show up in these images.
> I have an ISON page on my website. If you would like to see the
> animated gif, you can start here:
>
> http://az-douglass.net/astronomy/index_5.htm
> Then click on Comet 2012-S1 (ISON) and you will be looking at the
ISON
> images.
>
> In my January gif (which is on the same web page), I had figured out
> how to lock down the background stars, which really created a solid
> background. I seem to have forgotten how to do that, so the March gif
> is just a little unsteady. But it is still enjoyable to watch. I must
> go back and figure out what I did
If I can figure it out, I shall
> fix it !!
>
>
> David M. Douglass
> dmdouglass@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (secondary) david@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (main)
> Cell (602) 908-9092
>
>
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