Wednesday, January 30, 2019

Comet 38P/Stephan-Oterma 2019-01-26 and stellar occultation

I had some clear skies and decided to take a stab at some DSO's, more on those later.  As I settled in with the kids I found a curious comet near my subject galaxy.  I slewed over and there it was, comet 38P/Stephan-Oterma.  I started shooting it and let it go, after 3.5 hours I found a nice animation!




Here's a DSS stack with comet and stars composited and processed in PS.



Here's the measurement screenshot


and sample MPC submissions:

0038P         C2019 01 27.21045 08 29 52.80 +46 50 30.5          12.7 V   

Finally I used my 14" f/4.5 Custom built Newt - https://maphilli14.webs.com/astro-equipment


Monday, January 21, 2019

My Super Blood Wolf Lunar Eclipse 2019


It was cold but worthwhile!  I especially wanted to pay attention to the stars at totality and the color.  My camera does have the IR Filter removed hence the pinkish color that my family took exception towards.




All via my Canon 60Da and 200mm lens via MagicLantern (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yMiNImhTMN8)

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