Managed to image Comet ISON from Bidadari, Singapore during the pre-dawn hours on 27th October 2013. The comet is a bit blurry due to the many light subs stacked (it moved a bit during the subs collection).
Taken with a simple setup: Pentax K-30 and 55-300 telephoto lens with Pentax O-GPS1 for tracking.
28x30s @ 300mm (cropped)
Original photo & details:http://www.flickr.com/photos/58196275@N04/10626583463/
Inverted image
Original photo & details: http://www.flickr.com/photos/58196275@N04/10626352616/
Thanks for viewing!
George
Comet ISON from Singapore pre-dawn skies
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Re: Comet ISON from Singapore pre-dawn skies
Oooooo... now this is sweet!
Great job bro! ^_^
Great job bro! ^_^
Thanks.
Re: Comet ISON from Singapore pre-dawn skies
Thanks! Hope to shoot more images from Singapore once it starts to brighten moreDark Neptune wrote:Oooooo... now this is sweet!
Great job bro! ^_^
Re: Comet ISON from Singapore pre-dawn skies
Great job looyaa, beautifully done in SG , i wish to try it out too (but definitely not at Bidadary) , Is it workable to aim at Mars or which other known star to manual search this object ? My mount is not loaded with Data Base of this Comet for GTO search. Many thanks.
Re: Comet ISON from Singapore pre-dawn skies
You can use the GOTO function by keying in the RA and DEC coordinates, which you can get at this site: http://theskylive.com/ison-trackerPETER LOO wrote:Great job looyaa, beautifully done in SG , i wish to try it out too (but definitely not at Bidadary) , Is it workable to aim at Mars or which other known star to manual search this object ? My mount is not loaded with Data Base of this Comet for GTO search. Many thanks.
Just a casual stargazer
Re: Comet ISON from Singapore pre-dawn skies
Ivan, this is great , thanks for the info. owe you two Lunch now , thanks X many
Re: Comet ISON from Singapore pre-dawn skies
Thanks for sharing the info! So good to have GOTO function....mine is manually GO TO the area where ISON is supposed to be at based on skysafari. A lot guess work and star hopping...ivan wrote:
You can use the GOTO function by keying in the RA and DEC coordinates, which you can get at this site: http://theskylive.com/ison-tracker
Re: Comet ISON from Singapore pre-dawn skies
Thanks Peter. Hope to see you posting Comet ISON photo soon!!!PETER LOO wrote:Great job looyaa, beautifully done in SG , i wish to try it out too (but definitely not at Bidadary) , Is it workable to aim at Mars or which other known star to manual search this object ? My mount is not loaded with Data Base of this Comet for GTO search. Many thanks.
Re: Comet ISON from Singapore pre-dawn skies
What's the RA and DEC for Bidadari?
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