Lovejoy 1/13/2015

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Lovejoy 1/13/2015

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40x 1-minute subs
SV115 refractor w/0.8x reducer, QSI683 camera
Using PHD2's comet tracking mode (keeps the comet stationary by shifting the guide star lock position, essentially the same as guiding on the comet but works with an off-axis guider where the comet is not visible in the guide camera).

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I agree with Steve, processing comet data is hard!
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I was just counting the days until you would get on this, Andy. You didn't disappoint!!
Excellent!

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Andy, there you go again - racing straight up the curve! Beautiful image!
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WOW, that is superb, Andy. :shock: :shock: :shock:

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Just an amazing capture Andy!!!!

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Andy, it sure didn't look like that last Saturday.Great image
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Excellent, Andy. That is a wonderful image.

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Paul's post in a different thread about visually observing the motion of the comet gave me the idea to make an animation of the 40 1-minute frames that went into this image. The actual elapsed time for the loop is about 46 minutes.

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Nice work, Andy.
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That is great!
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