Tuesday, 12 May 2020

Comet 2017 T2 Panstarrs

This is the result of  12 x 60s subs in each of luminance, red, green and blue light. There was a 10 sec pause between each image to give more time for the comet to move (requirement for the processing technique). According to the method I was following, the total data time should be under an hour because comets are such dynamic objects
I was trying to follow Bernard Hubl's method but in the end had to use Deep Sky Stacker and its 'comets and stars' function. 
For Luminance  I produced an image of the comet only.
For R, G and B I produced an image of the comet plus stars. The channels were combined in PS
I stretched both the L and the RGB images in PS and then combined them. 
 The trouble I found with this is that stretching to show  the faint tail with the limited data meant I also developed the streaks left by the stars. My knowledge of PS is not up to removing  broad faint streaks but leaving the tail.
Anyway, for better or worse:

Comet C/2017 T2 Panstarrs
Comet C/2017 T2 Panstarrs

C/2017 T2 (PANSTARRS)

Magnitude: 8.6

Phase: 36 °

Distance: 1.6765au

Solar distance: 1.6185au

Velocity: 33.1km/s

Estimated tail length: 0.04au

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