Comet C/2015 V2 (2)

C/2015 V2 (Johnson)

Time: 2017-06-09 23:53 .. 2017-06-10 01:17 UT+3

Kyiv

Moon was full (99.9%) so the background was severely highlighted.

Setup: Sky Watcher 15075 OTAW on EQ5 with motor drives (no guiding); Canon EOS 600D

89 light frames 30s each; 21 offsets; 21 darks; 18 flats.

Processing: IRIS (calibration, stacking by the comet); postprocessing: FITStacker, FITSwork4, RawTherapee

North: up, West: to the right.

Animation (the same 89 frames; calibration and alignment: DeepSkyStacker; postprocessing: RawTherapee, FSViewer, VirtualDub)

2017-06-09 23:53 .. 2017-06-10 01:17 UT+3

(1h24min)

45'x45'

Comet C/2015 V2

Comet C/2015 V2
17-05-2017 22:50-23:54 (UT+3)
Kyiv

Setup: Canon EOS 600D + SkyWatcher 15075 OTAW / EQ5 motorized (no guiding).
Processing: Deep Sky Stacker, FITStacker, RawTherapee. 78x30s (19 darks, 19 biases, 10 flats).

Image size: 50x50 arcmin

Orbit diagram (calsky.com)