Tuesday, December 8, 2015

Comet C/2013 US10 (CATALINA): tails

The comet shooted by Canon EOS 600D + EF 50mm f/1.8 on tripod this morning before dawn.
Two tails of the comet have different composition. Ionised gases are blown by sunwind to a direction opposite to the Sun (a tail directed to the right and upwards); dusty tail directed downwards; comet moves to the left and upwards.
Serie of frames was taken 08-Dec-2015 between 05:59 and 06:19 EET (UT+2)



Resulted images are sum of 200 frames; each frame exposure is 3s.
Other parameters: ISO=3200; f/2.2.
Software: DeepSkyStacker, FITStacker, RawTherapee.

Comet's orbit (by calsky.com):

Another treatment: 100 frames (from the same set as above):



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