It took sometime to get my EAA setup working and to become more familiar with its operation. Now, I am finally using it and the weather lately has allowed me to view some incredible sights.
Tonight, as well as continuing my Messier Challenge I wanted to view two comets C/2017 T2 (PANSTARRS) in Cassiopeia and C/2019 Y4 (ATLAS) in Ursa major.
First up was C/2017 T2 - This a cropped image, direct from SharpCap 15 sec x 23 frames (345 seconds total exposure), Gain 6584, raw14, bin 2x2 and 1 dark frame. My usual CPC-800, Altair Hypercam setup.
A little massaging of the curves in GIMP gave a little more coma and tail.
I did some EAA observing for a while before returning for my second comet of the evening C/2019 Y4. 15 seconds x 29 frames (435 seconds total exposure). Same setup as above.
Again, a little tinkering to bring out some features.
Hopefully, C/2019 Y4 will increase in brightness (as predicted) and it will put on a show.
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