Comets

[lavish lark]

*also includes 13p olbers

[jagged valley]

37.8⁰

Must've had light pollution or smth

Because my view was incredible

[lavish lark]

no in the north it sucks

it was like 4 degrees above the horizon when i couldnt see it anymore with the cam

on the 28th

[jagged valley]

Yeah jeez that's rough

In the south it's great

Finally, because we missed neowise lol

[lavish lark]

when you saw it naked eye was there any twilight?

gotta settle a debate im having

[jagged valley]

Yes

I saw it really well from 4:50am to 5:10am

[lavish lark]

there has been consistent debate on when the best day is

[jagged valley]

The sun rise was at 5:44pm

[static sage]

jfc compact mode still looks as horrendous as ever

[lavish lark]

its compact though

[jagged valley]

@lavish lark

[lavish lark]

look like that visually?

[jagged valley]

I could see about 2⁰ of the tail naked eye

[lavish lark]

i guess not

[jagged valley]

It looked exactly like this, everything cropped out was not visible naked eye

[lavish lark]

damn

thats pretty close to what neowise was

[jagged valley]

Nice

Did you see neowise?

[lavish lark]

yea

[jagged valley]

Did it have good elongation when it was bright?

[lavish lark]

saw it on the 12th of july so not really

looked like this effectively

i thought it was lame at the time lol

[jagged valley]

https://tenor.com/view/skull-issues-gif-13031152103567454559

[hoary basin]

comet was epic and will get even more epic soon

u northeres just left it to late to look should have around the 1st

[jagged valley]

This was already amazing though

I'm satisfied

[lavish lark]

i think there was like a 2 day window where it was good in the north so far lol

28th was too early and now its far too late

*or i was too far north in the first place lol

[jagged valley]

For naked eye in Australia it was a one week window I think

[static sage]

im gonna have to wait for mid to late october to shoot the comet, surely it will still be good

[jagged valley]

Twilight was deep when I finally got my scope out yesterday morning

[lavish lark]

i wish i could pin messages here

https://hdr-astrophotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/tsuchinshanatlas.gif?w=800

[jagged valley]

The comet was low and the sky was bright (I imaged it as early as I could)

[hoary basin]

1st october was def the best time to see it here

[jagged valley]

So I just decided to video it and it turned out incredible

[lavish lark]

I think the tail should still be visible even after the 9th in the morning (for the southerners)

[jagged valley]

Here are the videos

[hoary basin]

i should have piggybacked the dslr on the roki for my widefield stuff

[lavish lark]

rip

[hoary basin]

ya just a bit lower

[lavish lark]

hell the anti tail might appear on the 14th

*in the morning sky

*for people in the south

which would be in my professional opinion, preddy cool

[hoary basin]

its sets with the sun untill the 16th

on the 16th its 2deg above the horizon so not really shootable

[lavish lark]

it was 3 degrees above the horizon when i lost it, never lose hope

[hoary basin]

wdym u lost it ?

[lavish lark]

i zoomed in and it both changed focus and moved

didnt find it again

0 bright stars near it did not help lol

[hoary basin]

strange

[compact bronze]

how do people do this

which one r u using 😭

comet database that is

[lavish lark]

https://hdr-astrophotography.com/comet-tails-simulations/ using this simulation

[compact bronze]

oh yra

[lavish lark]

just matched the stars

[compact bronze]

ic

[little moon]

Phone pic of July 22

And a naked eye sketch of July 18

[little moon]

Neowise was truly wonderful if you were under dark skies

I will forever remember it

[hoary mauve]

Shut up. That’s when I had clouds.

[hoary basin]

I don't think it was directed at you ?

[lavish lark]

im not sure how really accurate it will be, but it does paint a (likely somewhat accurate) picture

[brazen sonnet]

@bright minnow is the new comet named yet?

[bright minnow]

probs

[lavish lark]

the sungrazer? its named c/2024 s1

[brazen sonnet]

huh?

[lavish lark]

when thing gets close to sun thing get bright

and thing get very close to sun

[brazen sonnet]

but october 2024?

[lavish lark]

it got discovered close to the sun

[brazen sonnet]

ahh

shame

[lavish lark]

its like 1au away approximately

perihelion on the 28th

[brazen sonnet]

so its not even on any planetarium app?

i cant find it on stellarium or sky portal

[lavish lark]

its on stellarium desktop if you add it

[brazen sonnet]

im too lazy

i'll just wait

[lavish lark]

lol

[brazen sonnet]

for someone else

[compact bronze]

is this during day

[compact bronze]

star walk 2

updated it

[lavish lark]

yea (simulation)

[brazen sonnet]

gonna try it out

[compact bronze]

aight

[brazen sonnet]

srsly man?

woah

god

[tawny elm]

1

[tall crane]

what is this orbit lol

[brazen sonnet]

anti orbit

[jagged valley]

Black hole binary

[little moon]

Stereo footage of A3

[little moon]

And there it goes across SOHO

[celest pewter]

Where? I don't see it yet

[lavish lark]

bright dot to the right

[celest pewter]

Oh! I thought it was Venus 😅

[hoary basin]

Pretty sure that’s Mercury

Comet would have a tail atleast

[lavish lark]

the one on the left is, one on the right is a3

location matches

[hoary basin]

Oh yeah I see it now

Was looking at the first image

[lavish lark]

lol

[celest pewter]

There it is

[hoary basin]

[lavish lark]

guessing entirely based off "the spikes are a little shorter than mercury" id guess its like -0.4 or something

[compact bronze]

A3!!

[compact bronze]

where r u getting these images

and DAMN thats bright

dang

[river patio]

Cloud gods have only given me the 10th of october to see the comet again. I am eternally grateful

[little moon]

I'd say -1

Still well below what people were hoping

So forget about seeing this one during the day

[compact bronze]

news flash u wont see it

itll sink below the horizon as soon as the sun goes out

[compact bronze]

update

[brazen sonnet]

this A3 or S1?

[hoary basin]

A3

S1 is still a ways off

[brazen sonnet]

and that white circle in the middle of the blue disk is the sun's disk right?

if so, A3 is pretty far away

[hoary basin]

ya

[brazen sonnet]

and its still approaching the sun

pretty hopeful rn

[hoary basin]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/570687129118703637/1293139211183980574/20241007_1406_c3_1024_pipp.gif

A3's having a rough journey so far

apparently it could rip off A3's tail ?

👀 from nambia

[little moon]

Welp

The kreutz is a goner

It just split

[river patio]

Really? Damn

[compact bronze]

LMAO comet having a scary journey

[compact bronze]

Please don't rip the tail

[little moon]

Complex striae caught on stereo

[brazen sonnet]

S1?

[little moon]

Yes

[brazen sonnet]

Noooooooo😭

[brazen sonnet]

Rip

[lavish lark]

A3 IS VISIBLE DURING THE DAY (WITH CAMERAS NOT NAKED EYE)

maybe

only 1 other person has tried so far and they have failed

im gonna try it

yeah im not seeing anything

this puts my first message into doubt

[lavish lark]

are all of the observations just dust

[lavish lark]

apparently so

[compact bronze]

what kind of tail ios that

[little moon]

Dust tail

[little moon]

With very complex structure

STEREO is offset from Earth

So it can see the tail in all of its glory while we are the comet's orbital plane

Hence we can't see all those striae

[compact bronze]

ohh

thats a crazy tail tbh

[little moon]

Yeah, I wasn't expecting it to be so chaotic

It's a pity we'll be losing all of those neat striae

[icy yarrow]

what does this mean?

[little moon]

?

The image-?

[icy yarrow]

yeah, what happened?

[little moon]

It's- just the comet

That's it

[lavish lark]

its just like that,

stereo isnt near earth so it has a different view

probably a better view actually

i mean look at it lol

[icy yarrow]

what does this mean? (Im dumb, sorry)

@lavish lark

[lavish lark]

it broke into 3 smaller pieces

[icy yarrow]

s1?

[lavish lark]

it was already on the verge of surving perihelion so imagine if it was 1/3rd the size

[lavish lark]

yea

[icy yarrow]

noooo

[lavish lark]

i did call it though

well we found out what caused it to appear

[icy yarrow]

so there wont be -7mag 🥺 ?

[lavish lark]

*maybe, mightve broken apart today and went away from each other real quick

[little moon]

Best case scenario would be something like this

Called a headless wonder event

Basically the 3 nuclei(or the 2 larger ones) might just survive perihelion for a bit if we are VERY lucky, and then vanish

If they last enough, the tail could still form before they disappear

[lavish lark]

are all of the nuclei the same size approximately?

[little moon]

Hence we would se the tail without a head

[little moon]

One is tiny, and two are more equal

[lavish lark]

so its like 2 70% lovejoys

[little moon]

I think you can kinda notice it here

[little moon]

Ehhh

We don't really know how large S1 was

[lavish lark]

*50%

[little moon]

Since the discovery was caused by an outburst

[lavish lark]

im just basing off the absolute magnitude, which probably isn't accurate but what else do you go off of

[little moon]

Idk

Just saying that it outbursted during the discovery

So it may be larger anyway, or equal or even smaller than lovejoy

Idrk

[lavish lark]

dont remember if it was you or descending that said the tail like doubled in length over a few days in response to my "it outburst and became visible" theory

[little moon]

Descending I think

[lavish lark]

but like thinking about that, thats kinda suspicious

because if it were always that active it shouldn't have displayed that much tail growth over just a few days

*maybe

wonder if you could project it backwards to get an approximate date of outburst

[compact bronze]

will it even survive

[little moon]

Being realistic: no

[compact bronze]

cuz if it split

then yea its a done deal

[little moon]

There may be a liiittle chance

But yea

[little moon]

.

Check those few posts

But yeah, very unlikely

[lavish lark]

🫡

[little moon]

However, the existance of that thing could mean that larger kreutz fragments are on their way

I mean, all kreutz sprees began with small thingies, then went to the big ones and then ended with more small comets

[lavish lark]

or smaller ones

[little moon]

We had the late 1800s spree, the mid 1900s spree

Maybe early-mid 2000s could have a big one stored

[little moon]

That always

It's very common to see tiny fragments every year

[lavish lark]

am aware of that lol

given that soho has found like 4000 comets

[little moon]

Yea

Most being kreutz

(Or meyer)

Wait, does anyone know about the existance of large meyer comets?

[lavish lark]

not personally

best guess is aperson1 to know it

(at least in terms of discord servers)

[little moon]

Ah

[lavish lark]

cant wait for g3 to get to like -9 somehow purely out of spite for being made fun of

[little moon]

And obviously being southern only

[lavish lark]

and having like no elongation

[little moon]

That too

[compact bronze]

lmao

[lavish lark]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1160693147521777715/1291991529879240804/tsuchinshanatlas_zoom.gif?ex=6706b9a0&is=67056820&hm=11f0b4952e2fffa52d39688477353984a7859ae06aadbd86148321cc9cad60f3& comparison between the astro vanbuitenen a3 tail simulation and the hdr astronomy one

the hdr one seems a bit less rough around the edges and provides more details

[compact bronze]

does it take the CME into account

[lavish lark]

no, but the dust doesn't get affected by cme's anyway

[compact bronze]

the tail got screwed tho lol

the ion one at least

[little moon]

A3 at 3 am

Very bright and saturated tail

[compact bronze]

U CAN SEE IT DURING DAY?

dang

[little moon]

Only on images

Jad A3 been a mag brighter and fs it would have been seen visually

I may try shooting it with a scope or smth

Oh wait it's impossible-

Curse you, Tropical Storm Kirk

[compact bronze]

wait so in broad daylight

damn this comet's bright

[little moon]

Yes

Should be about -3 now

Abd that image is from yesterday

So it should be easier today

[compact bronze]

dang

ima see it tommorw

[jagged valley]

Would I capture anything worth while if I aimed my 540mm fl Quattro at this?

I could do it next morning with a light shroud

Middle of the day

[little moon]

Perhaps

Try in the evening if you do it tomorrow

[brazen sonnet]

very beeg

very brite

will it get close enough to see it in lasco c2?

[jagged valley]

https://tenor.com/view/let-me-do-it-for-you-gif-27412761

I'll do it tmr if all goes well

I'll just leave my rig running during the day, simply just not turning it off after my night time imaging session

Should work well

I'll need a long ass light shroud tho

And to leave the lens cap on as it passes by the sun

[steel widget]

Wonder if it's bright enough to be seen through a sun filter? Maybe a weak filter ig

[tawny elm]

no

you shouldnt see the sun with a weaker filter

[jagged valley]

Certainly not

I can't see the full moon through one of those

And that's by intent

[lavish lark]

yeah no

[lavish lark]

ok new data has come in which seems to imply that the observations that claimed the comet fragmenting isnt real

which is pretty poggers if i must say so myself

[lavish lark]

#1160693147521777715 message

[lavish lark]

this is prolly a learning experience to not base a comet off of 17 pixels

[brazen sonnet]

so our mag -5 comet stays?

lesgoo

[lavish lark]

probably

[dawn crescent]

🎉🎉🎉

[brazen sonnet]

https://tenor.com/view/party-kid-dance-dancing-gif-14628572

[lavish lark]

it might still fall apart

it mightve fallen apart and its just kinda tricked us

i dont know

i dont trust it

but so far it seems like the 17 pixels were wrong

[brazen sonnet]

man, aint no one trusting comets

[lavish lark]

correct

[brazen sonnet]

A3 was suposed to be mag -6

its barely mag -3

[lavish lark]

“Comets are like cats: they have tails, and they do precisely what they want.”
― David H. Levy, Comets: Creators and Destroyers

[night wave]

oh yo

[little moon]

Yess

Imma wait a bit anyway

Just in case

[little moon]

Yeah people really need to check how they estimate forward scattering, it always happens lol

It happened with Leonard, and then this guy

[brazen sonnet]

c/2021 A1?

[lavish lark]

yea

[brazen sonnet]

that guy has some a cool tail tho

[little moon]

Yeah, scattering predictions were VERY off

Only came close because the comet happened to outburst just at the recovery

[lavish lark]

had it not outburst how faint would it have been?

[little moon]

Idk

Mag 3.5 is my bet

[lavish lark]

ok yeah thats pretty terrible

[little moon]

The comet's tail was horrible bwfore the outbursts

And it was gas-rich too

[lavish lark]

quite lucky to have an outburst enough to make it cool but not enough to destroy the comet

*the comet did disintegrate later

[little moon]

Yeah

After like 5 or 6 outbursts lol

[lavish lark]

lol

[brazen sonnet]

imagine shooting the comet disintegrating on its closest approath to earth

that's be cool af

[brazen sonnet]

Hey

News on c/2023 C2 (atlas)

?

[little moon]

What comet is that

[brazen sonnet]

Exactly

Never heard its name before

[brazen sonnet]

But the name says that its gonna get close to the sun

[tall crane]

C/20XX C(lose)2 (TheSun)

[little moon]

Ouch.

Yeah that does not look promissing

I still want to see more footage just to be sure

But yeah, let's hope for the least possible damage to the nucleus

[versed jasper]

Is this the kreutz one?

[little moon]

I'm afraid so

[versed jasper]

[little moon]

I'm still surprised honestly

Kreutz comets usually don't fragment this early

But oh well

[lavish lark]

not again

[lavish lark]

hey so you know how i said its alive

[compact bronze]

donrt think so

[compact bronze]

how r u sure its fragmented when all the stars are trailing

[eternal talon]

Full of cosmic rays

[jagged valley]

Has anyone managed to image this in the day?

I'm trying right now, no sight of anything

[eternal talon]

Some friends apparently managed to do it from Brazil today

Photo by Petr Horálek

[jagged valley]

Is this stacked?

I'm trying so do this myself

Any intel on this picture?

[little moon]

The image is stacked on the comet

Since it moves slowly

[compact bronze]

ohh

[little moon]

That is why the stars are trailing

[compact bronze]

yea L comet

[compact bronze]

he cut half the solar filter onto the sun

thats how he did it

also its not possible now cuz the comet is on the sun

[river patio]

Gonna try to image the comet at sunset today. Forecast tells me clouds will clear a bit at that time so there is hope

[tawny elm]

S

]

kekboard is actign up

[celest pewter]

Is it far enough from the sun to be photographed at sunset?

[river patio]

Kinda. Like less than 10 but more than 5 degrees

It's my only day without clouds man

[celest pewter]

Yeah, I totally get you, the weather has been shitty here too, I should have a couple of clear windows next week... hopefully

[river patio]

I caught it very low a few days ago. Now I wanna take many photos to just reduce noise.

[celest pewter]

What are you going to use? A telephoto objective?

[river patio]

Yeah. I have a 135mm on a Aps-c mirrorless

It was enough last time to see it

[celest pewter]

Will you use a tracking mount or just try short exposures?

[steel widget]

^anybody know approx how much integration time is enough to decently make out the comet?

[river patio]

Short exposures on a tripod

I just wanna reduce some noise

[river patio]

Next week, if I have a clear night, I will try 1h with this comet.

[formal cliff]

October 15th it's right next to a globular cluster, could be a nice image for observers in the norther hemisphere

[celest pewter]

2 comets and a globular cluster

[formal cliff]

Oh what the mag of the second one?

[celest pewter]

About nine, but it's still really cool that you could potentially catch two comets in one shot.

And a globular cluster too

[formal cliff]

Yep, even a tiny smudge would be cool

[river patio]

I have a clear horizon 🤞

[celest pewter]

Anything at all?

[lavish lark]

about 10th mag

[compact bronze]

what

what happend tot he image

[elder bay]

The sensor is detiorating, the sun is too powerful

[compact bronze]

literally

[river patio]

Didn't caught the comet. Got pretty wide angles of the Moon and Venus. And I think I saw a hawk hunting a rabbit.

A flew clouds got in the way at the very end. Unlucky

[past frigate]

at 12. october its visible in the northern hemisphere in the evening (and its at its brightest then)

[river patio]

I will try next week a 1h 50mm fl exposure of the comet when it's higher up in the sky

[past frigate]

but at 12th october its brightest

[river patio]

Damn. I got rain all week

[past frigate]

i will image it then (if the weather allows it)

[river patio]

Nah, my last date with this comet will be 16 oct at least. With a classic long exposure stack.

[river patio]

Good luck! 👌

[past frigate]

thanks

[lavish lark]

no????

it was brightest on the 9th (yesterday) due to forward scattering

the 12th is the first day where i would call it imagable and i guess its the brightest then

but thats not counting atmospheric extinction

[compact bronze]

itll fall under horizon really quick

highest most shootable day is 16th

uy can go 13th to 16th

[lavish lark]

should be naked eye until the 20th or so (easily naked eye, will last a few more days in b1 and your good at visual)

[compact bronze]

yea

[lavish lark]

you can image it until like november easily

[compact bronze]

yea

[brazen sonnet]

A3's across soho lasco C3

[brazen sonnet]

its gone

now,

how long till tail flip?

[lavish lark]

the 14th

[brazen sonnet]

i have clear skies from 13th

perfect

[lavish lark]

actually if thats uct then the 15th would be a bit more accurate

actually technically i think the 14th is more accurate

i dunno

[brazen sonnet]

just shoot

who cares

[lavish lark]

this comet has too much nuance and im tired

[brazen sonnet]

shoot and check it out

[lavish lark]

[compact bronze]

its alr transitioning to flip

u can see i tin the coorngrophg timepses

the SOHO timelapse

[brazen sonnet]

true

[lavish lark]

hey you know how implied it might be dying

because i have no idea anymore

god help me

[brazen sonnet]

s1 is really the most unpredictable guy i've seen personally

that mf got discovered just a month before its perihelion

and got predicted as a mag -8 comet

'comet of the decade'

then it looked like it split up when it actually didnt

and then it actually split up

[undone epoch]

So no -8 mag comet?

[brazen sonnet]

not mag -8 fosho

probably -3 in a perfect universe

[lavish lark]

maybe?

[little moon]

Fr

And kreutz comets are relatively well know

This one sure is an exception lol

My bet (please take it with a grain of salt) is that it only had a minor disintegration

Images do show a slightly elongated nucleus but yeah

Still very uncertain

And the center is retaining some brightness

[celest pewter]

Nothing today either, despite being bright this comet is still eluding me...

[compact bronze]

tail still didnt pass by lol

[orchid inlet]

so did it survive?

[lavish lark]

yea

[orchid inlet]

nice

ill see it for the first time on 15th

almost full moon😭

[lavish lark]

yea its in a few days

[compact bronze]

Ye

[compact bronze]

Eh it's fine

[orchid inlet]

great to hear that

[compact bronze]

It's bright enough

[kind cliff]

ill try seeing comet on the 12th and 13th

[lavish lark]

thats a bit early, the days after are a bit better

although if its cloudy the other days

then yeah thats fine

[kind cliff]

yea but that is the only time i can see it since the other days i got school and homework

[lavish lark]

ah rip

[lavish lark]

i mean you could prolly just do the homework before going outside

it isnt too far after sunset

[tawny elm]

do the homework while outside

[kind cliff]

yea but where i live i got too many buildings covering it

[lavish lark]

have you actually checked it in stellarium lol

because its like 3 degrees above the horizon on the 12th

[kind cliff]

imma try anyway

13th?

[lavish lark]

wouldn't that go against this?

[kind cliff]

im going on seashore btw

[lavish lark]

ah

well see if you can convince you parents to do it later if possible

[kind cliff]

ill try

[lavish lark]

because this is the 12th vs the 14th

[kind cliff]

damn

[lavish lark]

*these are using an outdated simulation of the comet tail

*45 degrees north is the location

[kind cliff]

ok ill try on the 14th

[lavish lark]

they took a while to make im not doing that again lol

[lavish lark]

i mean ideally you would try every day its clear until like the 20th

but thats impractical

[kind cliff]

imma go on a rooftop place then

[compact bronze]

12th is hard as shit to shoot

13th is where its at

[lavish lark]

nah the 15th is better

[compact bronze]

why 15th

I wanted to try shooting the tail curve 😔

[lavish lark]

its clear for me

(and also its higher up so you can get more exposure on it)

[lavish lark]

actually the tail curve might be visible again after the 15th

fairly remote chance though

[compact bronze]

how

[compact bronze]

true

[lavish lark]

it (MIGHT, NOT GARUNTEED) just keep on going

[compact bronze]

o ye this

ima shoot the whole week so we will see sir

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/794651916646350859/1293726341425791110/nervoushello.gif

[lavish lark]

becoming a very low brightness thing

during a nearly full moon

yeah im not confident many will see it

[compact bronze]

wdym

[compact bronze]

yk it wont dip that hard right

ur makin it a scene

[lavish lark]

referred to the curved tail

[compact bronze]

oh well its only from 12-13th

idc if I dont get much data I atleast want to see it

[lavish lark]

*curved tail after the 15th

[compact bronze]

ohhh

[lavish lark]

the main comet would be like 2nd mag

which is ez

[compact bronze]

w

nah the tail will be fine

what are the brightness estimates rn

oh hell yea

[compact bronze]

@lavish lark

want to do a comet competition

[lavish lark]

sure

i mean dont you have like a billion focal length

[compact bronze]

135

• 533 crop

[worthy steppe]

Today's 12

Last day for Tsuchinshan

[tawny elm]

for what

[worthy steppe]

For Tsuchinshan Atlas

[lavish lark]

no?

[lavish lark]

it actually gets better the next few days as it rises higher

*it does get fainter but there would also be less atmospheric extinction

[little moon]

Some footage from last night

Over Minesota

(Not mine)

[proud dew]

What's with the C/2024 S1
I heard it didn't survive the meetup with the sun
Is it true?

[tawny elm]

its still going

its got quite a few days to go until its bright

[worthy steppe]

oh

[worthy steppe]

ahh

[worthy steppe]

when should i capture that big boy

[tawny elm]

october 32nd

[hoary mauve]

I will be attempting atlas tonight

[jagged valley]

I just caught a Tiangong transit!!!

Literally visible for a single frame lmao

Apparently the 533MC Pro has a very short framerate

[worthy steppe]

Guys gust

How do I do that

I can't even see it rn

[orchid inlet]

it's too light rn

[worthy steppe]

Yee

[orchid inlet]

when u see venus you'll probably see the comet too

[worthy steppe]

DNAGG TYSM

Pls help me with the

Settings

Never captured any comet

[orchid inlet]

I would but honestly I don't know anything ab it

I mean lower iso and higher exposure idk

[worthy steppe]

Yee that's trye

[orchid inlet]

and focus it

[worthy steppe]

Sun is bybye

Bye bye

[worthy steppe]

Oh yeahhh

[orchid inlet]

focus on venus so it will also be focused on comet

[worthy steppe]

Alrr

[orchid inlet]

js gotta be patient ig

[orchid inlet]

@worthy steppe how is it going

[celest pewter]

Apparently it didn't break apart...

I haven't been this excited since comet Neowise showed up, that comet was truly spectacular, could see it from my backyard

[worthy steppe]

Bro

Couldn't even see that star

I mean comet

[orchid inlet]

damn

[worthy steppe]

😭😭😭

I'm sad

[orchid inlet]

dont be

in the next days it will be better to see

like on 14th

or even later

don't lose hope cuz this is a good comet

[little moon]

It did go through a fragmentation it seems

[static sage]

i should wait until like the 20th for atlas one, fun

[little moon]

But images are still coming and there is a bit of everything

[worthy steppe]

Ohh

[worthy steppe]

Yeee

[worthy steppe]

Woah

[worthy steppe]

True true

[wild sequoia]

oooo what comet was this

[little moon]

C/2011 W3 (Lovejoy)

Mag 4 by that time, and without nucleus

Late stage of the peak, a day after Christmas

[wild sequoia]

oof elongated nucleus
didn't that happen to 20d/westphal before it disintegrated?

oof elongated nucleus
didn't that happen to 20d/westphal before it disintegrated?

[little moon]

No clue

[wild sequoia]

oops ot sent twice

lemme check if the nucleus elongated

yeah it did

should I try for a3 today

if its clear

[brazen sonnet]

yea ofc

[wild sequoia]

👍

luck has to be on my side though

short time to see it + passing rainstorms

by the time it really clears up a3 will have set long ago

[wild sequoia]

at least 12p met our expectations back in March
mag 5 we expected
mag 5 we got

[lavish lark]

it it to 3.6th mag in an outburst

[lavish lark]

looked cool

[wild sequoia]

AAAAAAFHSGDHFHHFHFHD A STORM CLOUD APPEARD OUTTA NOWHERE

[river patio]

Those distant horizon clouds are a pain

[little moon]

I caught the begining of the outburst funny enough lol

Lil’ bubble

[lavish lark]

could prolly derive the expansion speed with these 2 images

[wild sequoia]

you won't believe this
2 giant clouds in a row

I missed the 3 minute gap between them getting my stuff ready

and gueeess when they'll move? that's right, AFTER A3 SETS

[celest pewter]

Got it

[topaz fulcrum]

what's the best day to see the comet?

[lavish lark]

depends on stuff like horizon but the 13th-16th is about the peak

[topaz fulcrum]

i have obstructions on the horizon so i assume later

but the only thing i have for imaging it is my pyone

[steel widget]

ooo what focal length?

[celest pewter]

135 mm

[static sage]

what latitude?

[celest pewter]

37 degrees

[static sage]

well damn

[wild sequoia]

my next chance is monday

[little moon]

Jesus tail is already more up than I thought

It gets really thin though

[compact bronze]

tail gets thinner?

oh yea it is

[compact bronze]

was thi when sun is setting

[compact bronze]

not worth it today but its naked eye

u can try

[celest pewter]

About an hour later

[wild sequoia]

I was clouded out just when it was getting good

[compact bronze]

what day

[compact bronze]

oh 💀

[celest pewter]

Today

[wild sequoia]

...I give up.

i am not going to able to see a3

by the time it clears it'll be too dim to catch

[compact bronze]

dont give up

weather is unpredictable

I have 6 clear nights out of 7 this week so comet hunting time

gonna pick out a place for rig and spray paint the floor

[wild sequoia]

the uk weather is predictable enough (rain)

[compact bronze]

oh uk :(

[wild sequoia]

rn im getting passing storm after passing storm

10 minutes to an hour inbetween them

[compact bronze]

can u drive out?

or is it just ass everywhere

[wild sequoia]

bold of you to assume I can drive

[compact bronze]

no like parents

[wild sequoia]

nah

[compact bronze]

damn

[wild sequoia]

also im pretty sure it's ass everywhere else

oops I time traveled agaon

[compact bronze]

oh 💀

[compact bronze]

LOL

[wild sequoia]

I am the traveler through time

[compact bronze]

bros a minute ahead

[wild sequoia]

2 minutes

[compact bronze]

hows this shit possible

[wild sequoia]

not 1

[wild sequoia]

type in a message
go on another app for 2 - 3 mins
go back to discord, send message before others load
if enough messages were sent while u were gone then it probably works
sometimes discord loads fast

[compact bronze]

oh mine doesnt do that

[wild sequoia]

mine can
and it makes for some pretty funny stuff on pc

[compact bronze]

Lol

[wild sequoia]

like this

[wild sequoia]

^

[compact bronze]

tnis man

broke the laws of physics

[wild sequoia]

correct

[compact bronze]

5000 BC? 💀

[wild sequoia]

yep

[wild sequoia]

bro is in the ancient egypt

[compact bronze]

a little backward he says

just a little

[wild sequoia]

yeah bro

just a little

[compact bronze]

very little

[hoary basin]

the comet kinda got a super budget Mcnaught tail

[lavish lark]

not naked eye though

[lavish lark]

*it was naked eye but did not have a cool tail

[little moon]

Yep, it does show some striae

[little moon]

Maybe you got haze or smth

Most people could see the tail pretty well

[lavish lark]

the fancy bits?

[little moon]

I mean visually

[lavish lark]

saw 2 degrees of the tail visually, no coma

[little moon]

Oh

Weird

Yeah definitely your conditions were horrible lol

[hoary basin]

I hope the tail will stay like this for another 7 days 🙏

[lavish lark]

looked like neowise on july 12th lol

[little moon]

It will definitely lengthen a lot

At least photohraphically

It will eventually lose some detail though

[hoary basin]

I want 3 tails

I barely got 2

[little moon]

Don't complain, I got 0

And I'm probably missing the whole thing anyway thanks to the weather

[lavish lark]

it was like that section naked eye to me

[little moon]

Ah okay

Can you see the fainter regions?

There's even some antitail

It's broad and faint though

Similar to the September comet of 1882

[lavish lark]

in the photo?

[little moon]

Yes

[lavish lark]

didnt look for it but yeah its visible

[lavish lark]

so that implies that the bright sharp anti tail predicted isnt appearing

i mean a faint anti tail might emerge at peak

not a lick of heavy dust in that there comet

[little moon]

Wasn’t supposed to appear yet anyway

[stuck knot]

Wow, that comet is pretty huge if that's 75mm 😮

Any chance of seeting it from center of europe? 😄

[orchid inlet]

yes

this month is perfect for seeing it

[stuck knot]

Awesome

I see it should be nicely visible a bit after sunset

only hope is there won't be clouds in the way 😄

[orchid inlet]

yeah

[neon viper]

I tried

[orchid inlet]

it's good

can clearly see the comet

[little moon]

Looks nice enough

Considerable tail lengthening too

[river patio]

I'm gonna try again today. May the cloud gods be merciful

Good thing is that it has been raining these days. That clears the smog no?

[lavish lark]

new image just dropped

[stuck knot]

Daaaamn

I like the colorful horizon and the dust spot, cool! 😄

Cloudy here...

[lavish lark]

yea this data

is bad

[stuck knot]

Better than mine 😄

[static sage]

what fl was this at

[lavish lark]

180

but its cropped

actually maybe not cropped

[static sage]

hmmm, im gonna try to image it in a couple of days, not sure whether to use 135mm or 50mm

[lavish lark]

i think in a few days the 50mm might be the better choice

[compact bronze]

why did bro DBE a sky image

also u cant see the tail curve

ig its way too dim

[lavish lark]

i crave detail

[compact bronze]

I crave baller

[compact bronze]

135

the tail is so dang long

[lavish lark]

you can?

[compact bronze]

barely

[wild sequoia]

DAAAAAM
all I'm seeing is stratus cloud

like
a giant sheet of stratus has decided to park itself on me

tomorrow looking real fine rn tho
set to be clear

[compact bronze]

use it

[lavish lark]

this is a kinda lame image

a bit more detail at least

[celest pewter]

The camera sensor definitely needs more cleaning, nonetheless it's a great shot!

[lavish lark]

yea lol

[celest pewter]

Today was great though, much higher than I expected, gave me more time to take several hundred shots with the telephoto lens, can't wait to stack them

Can't wait for the 15th, I'll get to use the tracking mount this time

[compact bronze]

this looks good but also not

cus sky

mayb overlay each image and mask in the DBE comet

to the first one

[worthy steppe]

Guys

I finally captured

It

But I suck at stacking and processing

[worthy steppe]

What's this

[worthy steppe]

Broooooo

It was very faint

This is what my eyes were seeing

But it's captured in dslr

Several exposures

[orchid inlet]

nice!

[worthy steppe]

Its just upon that building

[worthy steppe]

But couldn't even see that bro

Even with long exposures

Twilight 😭😭

But I spotted it in my dslr's image

A very very very faint trail

I captured 40-60 shots of it

4 seconds each

[orchid inlet]

discord ruined the quality th9

[worthy steppe]

Lmao

I did what u said

I focused on venus

And then kept taking exposures man

[orchid inlet]

if u focused on venus it should focus on comet

[worthy steppe]

Comet was invisible

[orchid inlet]

can u draw where the comet is located?

[worthy steppe]

It was very very faint in the shots as well

[orchid inlet]

like circle it

[worthy steppe]

Idk about my phone's captures

I'll share that picture with u tomorrow

[orchid inlet]

ok

[compact bronze]

soho

[lavish lark]

yeah i just wanted the detail lol

[compact bronze]

yea

[worthy steppe]

Eh

[topaz mauve]

guys what do you think about this image? it was cloudy so this is a single sub of 40seconds bc i couldnt stack the frames

i took it with my roki 135 at f2 and the 533mc pro

[compact bronze]

it looks great

tail will get sharper soon

is that a CLOUDDDDD??

ima try tonight

[topaz mauve]

oh yeah it was a little bit cloudy

but i could see it with the naked eye

it was amazing

im going to try it with my evostar 72 ed next few days to get that detail in the tail

[lavish lark]

oh damn best ive seen so far

faint heavy dust tail in the anti tail

[topaz mauve]

and tuesday im going to try and image it with the 13p olber comet and M5

[topaz mauve]

thank you !!

[topaz mauve]

its so cool

[lavish lark]

was it taken now or yesterday?

[topaz mauve]

today

like a few hours ago

it was pretty high in the sky but there was still a little bit of light from the sunset

tuesday its going to be a super cool event

and its clearrrr

[wild sequoia]

i am experiencing comet withdrawal synptoma

(this is 12p from March 30)

-# the faint smudge in the center

[wild sequoia]

antitail!!!

[topaz mauve]

I wasn’t expecting to see it

But it’s soo cool

[little moon]

Best one after peak I've seen so far

You can hint the stronger region of the antitail

And the larger faint one

Very very reminiscent of the comet of 1882

[topaz mauve]

And it is a single sub this is amazing

Stay tuned for Tuesday

It will be fantastic

I’m enjoying the roki 135 too much

[compact bronze]

@lavish lark

untracked 2 second subs

[lavish lark]

my faith in you was well placed lol

[compact bronze]

dude that tail was so bright naked eye I was jumping everywhere

my neighbor came out

[compact bronze]

real lmfao

[brazen sonnet]

Might have a go today

[compact bronze]

dropping this here

[worthy steppe]

im quitting astrophotography

its not for ,e

me

[lavish lark]

rippppppppp

[worthy steppe]

[lavish lark]

[lavish lark]

hopefully circumstances improve in a few years and you can pick it back up

[worthy steppe]

maybe

[lavish lark]

*by few years i mean like 20

[worthy steppe]

lol

[hoary basin]

@lavish lark anti tail ?

[little moon]

Oh yeah

That looks damn cool

[celest pewter]

Let me drop this here as well

[gritty forge]

What's the current magnitude of a3

[lavish lark]

guessing 0-1

[brazen sonnet]

I mean i have it here

Its just

Bad

And no i couldn't see it visually

Even from my current bortle 4 place

Any ways to improve?

Im relatively new to comet shooting

[jagged valley]

C/2020 V2 (ZTF), located 5.7 AU from the sun, beyond the orbit of Jupiter. Magnitude 15.1, shot on the 9th of October.

[wild sequoia]

is this it?

[jagged valley]

Yeah

[orchid inlet]

it happened

I see the comet

it's insane

and naked eye visible

[pastel forum]

less go first night (ignore the star trail, my tripod almost fell off the window)

[orchid inlet]

nice image

this is mine

[pastel forum]

damm gj

that s actually what i saw the first time i went outside

one feet inside one on the window holding the camera tripod to not fall from the 2nd story

[steel widget]

Are yall stacking your shots or is it single sub shots?

[compact bronze]

Stacking

[compact bronze]

That high?

Damn

[compact bronze]

I believe so

[compact bronze]

That's not possible wtf

Let your eyes adjust to the deck

Dark

[stuck knot]

Those are some fire photos you all have!!

Ripperoni again here

[compact bronze]

Oof 💀😔

[formal cliff]

Last Saturday

It was actually more contrasted naked eye when it wasn't behind the clouds

[orchid inlet]

single

[orchid inlet]

woow

[orchid inlet]

3rd floor apartment

[brazen sonnet]

They were pretty well adjusted

Imma try tomm again if clear

[wild sequoia]

I give up

I'm.not gonna be able to see a3

clouded out today

raining tomorrow n wed

probably gonna be clouded out thu

After that, rain until the end of the month

[brazen sonnet]

We have naked eye time till 20

Dont loose hope

[wild sequoia]

every forecast I can check says rain until the end of the month

radar maps n all support thar

[brazen sonnet]

L forecast

[wild sequoia]

the forecast is a lot more accurate with rain n clouds than with clear

[brazen sonnet]

But it aint much in the image too

[brazen sonnet]

Well

Good luck on the next ones then

[wild sequoia]

ikr

[wild sequoia]

aint s1 and g3 both sungrazers

that both also get at horrible angles to see from the uk

After that ig it's 19P/Borrelly
but that ain't for 2 years

[brazen sonnet]

Yeah maybe

[wild sequoia]

and I'm pretty sure they both get bright at weird angles for the UK
so I cant see them (assuming it's clear, highly unlikely)

[brazen sonnet]

Try getting close to the equator when they come

[wild sequoia]

I live 53N

equator my ass

and they're both during school times anyways

[static sage]

i love comets like the atlas at 58N

[wild sequoia]

you can see it?

[static sage]

hell nah

gotta wait lol

[wild sequoia]

same

though looks like I'll be waiting a lot longer than you

[static sage]

technically could get a pic of it but its so low that it just isnt worth it

[wild sequoia]

i have an ok angle

the problem is

[little moon]

I did my first observation of the comet rn

[static sage]

im further north so i should have to wait longer

[little moon]

A tiny, saggy star-like, almost undiscernible nucleus thingy that may have even been my imagination lol

LP and cirrus must have done a lot lol

[wild sequoia]

I live in the UK, need i say more

[static sage]

ah, clouds ☠️

[wild sequoia]

rain until the end of the month

by then a3 will be like what mag 7?