Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Aries (Ari)  ·  Contains:  52 Ari
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Comet  Lovejoy C/2014 Q2 : Tail enhanced B/W, Wanni
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Comet Lovejoy C/2014 Q2 : Tail enhanced B/W

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Experimental image processing to bring out the comets tail in more detail :

This image is a combination of three different exposures : 20 x 10 s, 20 x 20 s, 15 x 30 s.

Comet mode stacking in Fitsworks on each set. Then combine, star reduction, spectrum adjustments etc. Final tweeking and B/W processing done in PS6.

During image capture, I got dew on my old ETX OTA (piggyback mounted on the LS 8"), and I tried to

counteract this by adjusting the focus at the 20s and 30s exposure series.

The result is a little bit out of serendipity.

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Comet  Lovejoy C/2014 Q2 : Tail enhanced B/W, Wanni

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