Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Perseus (Per)  ·  Contains:  M 34  ·  NGC 1039
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Comet C/2013 X1 (PanSTARRS) passing Messier 34, Tony Cook
Comet C/2013 X1 (PanSTARRS) passing Messier 34
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Comet C/2013 X1 (PanSTARRS) passing Messier 34

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This was imaged under clear skies but with very difficult strong wind gust conditions (Atlantic storm "Barney"). A total of 55 frames of 180 second duration were acquired while bodily trying to shield the OTA from the wind. All but 18 had the effects of wind shuddering in then. 8 frames were unusable. Due to the turbulent air streaming overhead the seeing was poor.

The effects of wind induced OTA vibrations were mitigated using Kappa-Sigma stacking to get rid of outlier pixel data.

A full tutorial for the processing method is presented here

Version B: Colour balanced with some additional chromatic noise reduction

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    Comet C/2013 X1 (PanSTARRS) passing Messier 34, Tony Cook
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Comet C/2013 X1 (PanSTARRS) passing Messier 34, Tony Cook

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