Hyades, Pleiades, Jupiter, and Comet 12P on April 6, 2024 (JDJ)

Hyades, Pleiades, Jupiter, and Comet 12P on April 6, 2024

Performed some widefield imaging on my TSL2024 trip to Ohio this past April. A couple nights before the eclipse the skies were nice and clear on a lovely spring evening. The winter constellations were setting in the west around dusk. This image covers a sweep of the sky from the Hyades to the Pleiades with Jupiter and Comet 12P/Pons Brooks low in the sky near the horizon. Taken on just after dusk on the night of April 6, 2024 from a local park in Northeast, Ohio.

Imaged with a Nikon D750 and Nikon 28-300mm at 32mm and F/4 with an exposures at ISO800 x 10s. Stack of 14 subs generated using Sequator. Further processing in PixInsight.

Original version: Stacked image at 32mm focal length

Rev B: Stacked image at 105mm focal length, zooming in on Jupiter and Comet 12P

Rev C: Cropped and heavily processed stacked 105 mm focal length image, heavily processed to bring out Comet 12P's tail

Rev D: Pano generated from five images at 32mm focal length, covers the sky from Orion through the Hyades, Pleiades, Jupiter, and Comet 12P

Final
Original
B
C
D

B

Description: Stacked image at 105mm focal length, zooming in on Jupiter and Comet 12P

Uploaded: ...

C

Description: Cropped and heavily processed stacked 105 mm focal length image, heavily processed to bring out Comet 12P's tail

Uploaded: ...

D

Description: Pano generated from five images at 32mm focal length, covers the sky from Orion through the Hyades, Pleiades, Jupiter, and Comet 12P

Uploaded: ...

Very Wide Field
Suburban Astrophotography
Nikon Imagers
Comets Imaging
Cloudy Nights
Camera Lens Astrophotography

Astro Landscapes

Please note: The following tables are updated every 24 hours.

Distribution of astrophotographers

This table shows the number of distinct astrophotographers who have been assigned and IOTD/TP award compared to the total number of images awarded.
	Distinct awarded users	Total awarded images
Image of the day
Top picks
Top pick nominations

Distribution of subject types

This table shows the distribution of awards per subject type, compared to the popularity of images of that subject type.
	Image of the day	Top pick	Top pick nominations	Total submitted
Deep sky
Solar system
Extremely wide field
Star trails
Northern lights
Noctilucent clouds
Landscape

Distribution of data sources

This table shows the distribution of awards per data source, compared to the popularity of images acquired from that data source.
	Image of the day	Top pick	Top pick nominations	Total submitted
Backyard
Traveller
Own remote observatory
Amateur hosting facility
Public amaeteur data
Professional, scientific grade data
Mix of multiple sources
Other
Unknown

The “AstroBin Image of the Day and Top Picks”, or IOTD/TP, is a long-running system to promote beautiful, interesting, peculiar, or otherwise amazing astrophotographs, with a focus on technical excellence. Learn more.

Submitted The date and time when you submitted this image for IOTD/TP consideration.	...
Views by Submitters (available since September 19th, 2023) Every image is assigned to 50% of available Submitters. In the event that at least 80% of them don't view the image before its time in the IOTD/TP process expires, it's assigned to the other 50% of Submitters and the process begins anew.
Promotions by Submitters When 3 distinct Submitters promote the image, it moves on to the next stage of the process: evaluation for Top Pick status. This requirement, in addition to anonymization of images and distribution to only a subset of them, prevents biases and ensures that the best images are selected.
Promotions by Reviewers When 3 distinct Reviewers promote the image, it moves on to the next stage of the process: evaluation for IOTD status.
Early dismissal Staff members have a lot of images to inspect on a daily basis, and they can dismiss images if they believe they don't meet the requirements for IOTD/TP selection. If an image is dismissed 5 times, it's removed from the process. This streamlines the process and ensures that any bias present in promotions could be overruled by other staff members.

Status	Basic failed
Started	...
Astrometry.net job	9906750
PixInsight job	n/a
PixInsight queue size	n/a
PixInsight stage	n/a

Image Index:

Contribution Index (beta):