Comets

[lavish lark]

*not mine

https://nickdjames.com/Comets/2024/2024G3/

[wild sequoia]

ou

[lavish lark]

i can beat 99% of people in a battle of knowledge as long as we exclusively talk about comets

[bright minnow]

Bet let’s fight !

[lavish lark]

wait crap how

because if its just me asking questions I know the answer too then you can just google them lol

[bright minnow]

Tbh I was just gonna have you ask me a question. Then I’d say. Crap you win

[lavish lark]

lmao

perihelion distance of c/2024 g3 and c/2024 e1?

wait no thats easy

is c/1956 r1 dynamically new or dynamically old (list source)

[lavish lark]

im gonna start copying the fun facts from the r/astrophotography sever https://discordapp.com/channels/247338197921693697/1313190375342735473 (if your in it)

fun fact! 323p soho might lose up to 10% (largest estimate ive seen) of its mass every apparition. that would imply if it continues it will cease to exist within a lifetime

and even if it doesnt it will hit the sun in about 1.7k-2.7 thousand years

[bright minnow]

No sane person would know this

[proud dew]

Nobody here is sane anymore, with all the clouds

[bright minnow]

Fax

[lavish lark]

sunward tail of arend roland, nature

[lavish lark]

id say that c/2024 g3 is probably getting between 0 and -3rd mag

[wild sequoia]

that'd be fun if I could see it

[lavish lark]

yeah g3 is not good for northeners

[hoary mauve]

[hoary basin]

Not that great for us either

[lavish lark]

c/2024 g3 is still alive

6.9th magnitude

yep it has in fact been quick

[reef nimbus]

Woah

[topaz fulcrum]

what happened to the corner

[topaz fulcrum]

corner not comet

[lavish lark]

oh im blind

[lavish lark]

think thats just the horizon existing

[topaz fulcrum]

how dare it

i order this to be stopped immediately

[hoary basin]

@lavish lark i might be able to shoot the comet just before sunrise rn

could do it tonight

[lavish lark]

hell yeah

[lavish lark]

yeah no that was wrong

[steel widget]

Oo is this the new comet?

[lavish lark]

this was a3 in october on those dates

[steel widget]

Ahh alr

[lavish lark]

c/2024 g3 is 6.2th magnitude

what

[tame minnow]

uhhh are the clouds behind the moon?

https://tenor.com/view/auuggghh-ugh-eeughh-eaogkdaogh-snoringaneurysm-gif-25678805

[compact bronze]

LOl

[tame minnow]

hurts my brain

[compact bronze]

which comet

[tame minnow]

me rn:

[hoary basin]

G3

[compact bronze]

ohh that

[lavish lark]

dew itr

[wild sequoia]

discord sent me back 5000 years again and I came across this

[tawny elm]

Hey look it's me

[compact bronze]

Lol

[knotty crane]

Comet C/2022 E3 ZTF passing next to Mars.

24x30s

[lavish lark]

hell yeah

[lavish lark]

comet c/2024 g3 is at 5.1

[lavish lark]

currently 17.48 degrees away from the sun and at 17 degrees of elongation

[reef nimbus]

Woah

[lavish lark]

sadly a strictly southern hem only object

[wild sequoia]

praying on your C/2025 A1 (ATLAS) prediction rn
January 6th 🔛 🔝 ‼️

[lavish lark]

c/2024 g3 may have had a major outburst, terry lovejoy reported it as mag 3.7 a few hours ago

what this means for its survival I dont know

[neon viper]

cracket 2.0?????

[hoary mauve]

How close is it to the sun? I may go for it. Not home rn for stellarium

[hoary basin]

about the height of Mercury

[hoary mauve]

Suboptimal

[hoary basin]

It rises basically as soon as astrodark ends

[lavish lark]

g3 is now at 2 apparently

http://rea-brasil.org/cometas/img/24G3_20250103_0742tu.jpg

[tawny elm]

Ofc it's happening when I'm not home

[little moon]

Probably displaying full disintegration in the next 3 days anyway

[tawny elm]

[little moon]

Yeah idk why ppl didn't think the trajectory may have changed or smth

Probably the most likely event to have caused a 0.09AU perihelion

[lavish lark]

https://discord.com/channels/247338197921693697/1313190375342735473 for those in the r/astrophotography server check out the sister thread

if your not in it then L

[topaz fulcrum]

is it open for anyone to join

i dont see it from searching

[lavish lark]

yeah

[brazen sonnet]

how do i join?

[tawny elm]

discord.gg/astrophotography

[compact flare]

I got comet when the sun was going to rise

[lavish lark]

c/2024 g3 has had yet another outburst apparently

[steel widget]

dang thats bright

[neon viper]

methet?

[lavish lark]

cracket 2

[neon viper]

the sequel

[wild sequoia]

br

[lavish lark]

0.9

[wild sequoia]

too bad it's literally southern only

like anyone north of equator will not see it

[lavish lark]

a guy in mexico saw it

[wild sequoia]

ok you know what I mean

[steel widget]

Europe is kinda close to Mexico right?? Maybe I have a chance :))))))))

[versed jasper]

https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/741727212629393533/1087442692105056316/35C45745-0BFE-463D-8BFD-1CAA6DC7F031.gif

[lavish lark]

i mean go for it lol

not like its really getting better after this

[reef nimbus]

uh

Meow?

[lavish lark]

mag 0.1

[topaz fulcrum]

🙀

[steel widget]

Wtf that's so bright where are the images of it?!?!

Or is it still too close to the sun

[lavish lark]

it has 12 degrees of elongation right now

small trickle of images coming in

[lavish lark]

it is also southern only pretty much

https://x.com/vivstoitsis/status/1876585580647346281 (sourced from this)

[topaz fulcrum]

whens the best time to see it

in southern hemisphere

im not southern hemisphere but my friend is

[hoary basin]

It's pretty shit for south aswell

I don't think I'd even be able to see it if I tried

[topaz fulcrum]

where in south

,my friend is in south america

[lavish lark]

very low, sun is 8 degrees below the horizon

*center of south america

[topaz fulcrum]

what latitude

[lavish lark]

15 south

57 west

[topaz fulcrum]

theyre more than 30 south

is it good at 30

[lavish lark]

its a bit worse, but it isnt really good anywhere lol (1.5 degrees instead of 2)

(also stellarium mobile has it)

[topaz fulcrum]

https://tenor.com/view/cat-kitten-cat-crying-kitten-crying-05starrynight-gif-10141647709992578610

[hoary basin]

nope

im 36 south and its practically impossible

[steel widget]

I knowww but there's gotta be some people from down south in this server :D
Ty for the pic tho

[tall crane]

How’s G3 doing

[lavish lark]

last obersations have it at 0.1-0.2

enters soho c3 in 2 and a bit days

0.21 au from the sun or so

[tall crane]

Look forward to seeing it!

Well, from SOHO at least

[wild sequoia]

God I hope it does a funny and splits in two and sends one bit into the northern sky

or something

[lavish lark]

while comets do split somewhat often, no

at best in a split it would brighten a bit and maybe some faint tail could be observed low in the north

[wild sequoia]

no like this
or curve the cyan one a bit

[lavish lark]

you realize how much delta v (change in velocity) that would require

[wild sequoia]

idk i do meth instead of math

[lavish lark]

its going approximately fast as hell

[wild sequoia]

yeah just fast as hell in a little funny and boom
northen sky g3

[lavish lark]

comets dont split fast enough lol

[wild sequoia]

idk just throw the parker solar probe at it

or smthn

or like
throw the remains of s1 at it

if u throw a bit hard enough it might ouh on the comet and 💥 comet part 2, do the funny

g3 becomes visible in uk

[lavish lark]

mr pottasium this would take going a non igsignificant fraction of the speed of light

[wild sequoia]

also I don't think ur c 2025 a1 prediction made it

[lavish lark]

probably I havent done the math

[wild sequoia]

throw France at it then

[reef nimbus]

When bright comet for north

[wild sequoia]

yes.

[reef nimbus]

No fr

[lavish lark]

uhhhh, not discovered yet

halley in 2061

[reef nimbus]

What the

[wild sequoia]

bruh

[reef nimbus]

Ok I’ll discover

Ez

[wild sequoia]

to the oort cloud I go!

[wild sequoia]

uhhh
c 2025 k3
discovered may 25th
perihelion March 2026
discovered by either atlas or panstaars

also did ur 2025 a1 prediction make it

[lavish lark]

going off the dates and the average magnitude on discovery, that would be about as good as leonard on a realistic best

[lavish lark]

no

[wild sequoia]

whar magnitude was leanord

[lavish lark]

4

[wild sequoia]

and has an c2025 a1 been discovered

[wild sequoia]

4 is
good enough
that's abt how bright a3 was when I finally got to see it

[reef nimbus]

HOLY FRICK

MAG 1.9 COMET A5 DUBAIASTRO ATLAS

NAKED EYE SPOTTED IN B9

[versed jasper]

https://tenor.com/view/pepe-gif-18261454

[wild sequoia]

real

[reef nimbus]

Your welcome

[lavish lark]

i swear if comets gets locked im actually like dming the mods or something lol

[little moon]

Make it August 12th 2026

Total solar eclipse with a kreutz

Speaking of kreutz, S1 stings a lot more than G3 tbh

At least to me

[wild sequoia]

comets is too dead to get locked

[lavish lark]

now now g3 isnt dead yet

but yeah s1 was a kruetz and those are supposed to act similarly to eachother

[little moon]

Still very shitty position

[little moon]

Yeah S1 was on some kind of crack for sure

[harsh carbon]

C/2025 g2 in april, magnitude -5 northern hemisphere comet, you just have to believe hard enough

[tawny elm]

t

[lavish lark]

the phone data sucks lol

[lavish lark]

https://www.reddit.com/r/space/comments/1hxz4vd/comet_atlas_c2024g3_from_international_space/

[reef nimbus]

I saw

I heard it can get bright as Venus if it survives perihelion

[lavish lark]

yea

im still thinking-3 max

[reef nimbus]

I heard -4

But sure, still very bright

I wish it was more easy to see ):

Very hard, especially in northern hemisphere

Close to the sun

[lavish lark]

the range is between like -2nd mag to -6th mag lol

[reef nimbus]

Holy

I wish I get a chance to image it

Is there a chance it ends up being higher up than expected?

Like above the horizon

[lavish lark]

no not really

[wild sequoia]

that means I could catch it Venus in the daytime style

[reef nimbus]

Oof

Ngl if it survives perihelion even seeing it for a bit would be cool

[lavish lark]

comets dont tend to change their position from expected very much

[reef nimbus]

Bright as Venus is very cool

Alr thanks

[lavish lark]

if its real bright then it might display a long tail that stretches enough for the north

[reef nimbus]

Woah nice

Might even try photographing it ya

[lavish lark]

https://hdr-astrophotography.com/comet-tails-simulations/ has a simulation of it

[lavish lark]

it would not be very bright

[reef nimbus]

Why

[lavish lark]

b9 would likely render it invisible

[reef nimbus]

Huh

[lavish lark]

*THE LONG TAIL

[reef nimbus]

Oh cuz near horizon?

Oh

[lavish lark]

**not the -4 comet

[reef nimbus]

The comet itself will be visible tho right?

Oh ok good

That’s good enough lol

[lavish lark]

a few degrees above the horizon right after sunset

check it in stellarium

[reef nimbus]

That’s.. very low

Alr I will check

[reef nimbus]

Alr thanks

Ok seems I can’t see it

It sets at like 6pm @lavish lark

[steel widget]

does this mean there is a possibility of catching it from the north hemisphere on jan 14/15/16th? 👀

[steel widget]

ah nvm ig

[lavish lark]

on the 20th or so the dust tail might be visible

depending on perihelion performance

[steel widget]

woooooo!!!!!!

[neon viper]

bro a short just popped up in my feed about the comet, and the comments are like so excited n shit

they 'bouta get a rude awakening

[lavish lark]

even if it gets bright it still sucks lol

[neon viper]

fr

they had their chance with A3, and they blew it

[lavish lark]

to be fair a3 was only visible to the average person from the 12th-16th

*in the north

[neon viper]

dk much about comets, but I feel like 4 days is pretty decent

[lavish lark]

eh not really

maybe

[neon viper]

damn, so like what is the average seeing period for a 'good' comet (Like say Mag. 2 or under)

[lavish lark]

dont, know

gimme a moe lemme check some comets

i have dug myself into a hole of research

[lavish lark]

maybe a week

[lavish lark]

problem js that there isnt really an average comet

[neon viper]

ok, so A3 was below average, but it could definitely be worse

[lavish lark]

problem is that if a3 avoided the sun a bit more it would've been visible longer for the average person

[neon viper]

oh well, what has happened has happened

[lavish lark]

yeah i dunno

hale bopp was above mag 3 for like 4-5 months lol

[neon viper]

I suppose you can look at comets from the past decade or so and pull out an average from there? It won't be super accurate but still

[lavish lark]

in the past decade theres been 2 comets above mag 2 lol

*to my memory

neowise and a3

[neon viper]

wow that's insane, crazy how my mom somehow never saw it with a time period like that

wait 'above'?

[lavish lark]

brighter than

[neon viper]

i see

[lavish lark]

there has been a lot of comets above mag 2 if you go the other way lol

[neon viper]

how many comets in general tho? Like any mag. (cause the whole point was to find the general range for an "average" comet)

[lavish lark]

dont have the number off the top of my head but the total number of comets above mag 21 over 10 years is probably a hundred or more?

[neon viper]

ok maybe Mag 21 is a little too much 💀

[lavish lark]

if you go off of pure averages then the average bright comet is actually just a kruets sungrazer

[neon viper]

How 'bout like, Mag 7?

[lavish lark]

10-30 as a complete guess that are observable

youve been asking difficult questions because an average comet doesnt really exist lol

[lavish lark]

homemade distribution graph of peak magnitude

[neon viper]

what can I say, just a curious lad

[tall crane]

Is SOHO not updating or something?

last image is still from the 8th

[lavish lark]

yeah it occasionally goes without contact for a few hours

[lavish lark]

oh wait im stupid

thats more than a few hours

general principle is the same though

[lavish lark]

11 hours until g3 should get to soho c3

[tall crane]

is this it?

[reef nimbus]

@lavish lark gonna try the comet

Wish me Luck

Someone much more north than me got it

In like 1/4000 exposure

[reef nimbus]

Didn’t get it

Will try at sunrise instead, much higher chance.

[tall crane]

yay!

only chance ill be able to see this comet beside other peoples images lol

[velvet cipher]

ill try imaging g3 tommorow morning

wish me luck

[velvet cipher]

What mag is it currently?

[lavish lark]

probably like -1 to -2

maybe a bit brighter than -2

[reef nimbus]

Will try at sunrise bob

U think I’ll get it?

Is it hard to find without goto?

[lavish lark]

no idea lol

[velvet cipher]

Oh nice

Hope I’ll see it tommorow at sunrise

[lavish lark]

the one day its clear for me is a school day, sun rises right as school starts

i do not have high hopes lol

[velvet cipher]

Should be there somewhere so maybe it will turn out as a cool landscape photo

• landscape would help me focus

[velvet cipher]

Skip 1st lesson

[lavish lark]

kinda considering it lol

[velvet cipher]

Might be worth it

[reef nimbus]

Same

I can’t wait

I wish I could get the tail but impossible

Since we gon be imaging at sunrise literally

[lavish lark]

lookin noice in soho

not even a metal bar can stop it lol

brightness is evident

[hoary basin]

This better be like A3 where a fat cme happened right as it was closest in soho

[velvet cipher]

nothing

[reef nimbus]

I’ll attempt on Monday sunrise

Before I get to school

[reef nimbus]

@lavish lark

Does the comet still have a chance to get brighter?

[velvet cipher]

ill attempt tommorow

btw

any tips on camera settings?

this is a single frame

iso 100
1/2000s
f8

is it too dark or too bright

i'm taking as many of these frames as i can until the earths rotation is a problem

4 sec period

[hoary mauve]

Honestly sun is too close. You probably need IR filter and longer exposures.

You have to pretty much be seeing other stars

[reef nimbus]

It’s mag -2

And also, a friend of his got it in daylight

Like blue sky

It’s just a bit challenging to find sadly

[stuck knot]

the photo from ISS is so epic, wow

[lavish lark]

yea, still a day or so until perihelion

[reef nimbus]

Cool

Hope it survives

Wasn’t it right?

Keep in mind the sun wasn’t that big it’s just overexposed

[lavish lark]

wouldn't be suprised

[reef nimbus]

Wdym

[lavish lark]

i have minor doubts but yeah that's probably it

[reef nimbus]

Hmm

I wish there was a way to confirm

I have my doubts because it was kinda too close imo

According to stellarium atleast

Is stellarium accurate with positioning?

[lavish lark]

oh and on the survival front, it doesn't bode the greatest but not the worst either. comet west in the 70s had a similar thing happen and it went from mediorce comet to a great comet.
not expecting the same from g3 but IF IT SURVIVES it might be brighter than some predictions

[reef nimbus]

I’m not totally sure what this means

Oh

That would be insane if it becomes brighter than predictions

I hope it doesn’t kaboom in the sun

[tall crane]

poor g3 😦

[lavish lark]

theres 2 now

[reef nimbus]

@lavish lark on second thought it might just be glare

I can’t really see it in other subs

For some reason

[lavish lark]

ah rip

[reef nimbus]

I dont know man I’m confused

Lol

[wild sequoia]

wdym there's 2

wait it split?

[lavish lark]

yea

[wild sequoia]

I WAS RIGHT!

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1265338114101084192/1324835201934954547/Screen_Recording_20250103_201622_YouTube-ezgif.com-optimize.gif

[lavish lark]

no they arent moving very fast from eachother

[wild sequoia]

nothing I can't do

[versed jasper]

so comet yes or no

[lavish lark]

comet right now is bright but i dont know how that will change over time

[reef nimbus]

Hard to get in northern hemisphere

I reccomend attempting in sunrise with a good view of the horizon

[tall crane]

for sure

[lavish lark]

https://umbra.nascom.nasa.gov/pub/lasco/lastimage/level_05/250112/c3/ raw data looks nicer lol

[little moon]

Lowkey looks like a hyperactive mini-west with no gas (pic below is of West, btw)

[reef nimbus]

Holy moly

[lavish lark]

got this from soho data

few hours old by now

[little moon]

More recent one

[static sage]

that tail

[little moon]

Very reminiscent of west

And very similar to the simulations

Gives a bit of a cheseaux vibe

[little moon]

But yeah, very large striations

[velvet cipher]

Did I capture 2024 g3 with my phone

This is morning of jan 12

[little moon]

It could be a patch of noise

[wanton steppe]

😍

[little moon]

I caught it in a single exposure

Handheld

That is nuts tbh lol

[lavish lark]

in the day?

[little moon]

Yes

[hoary basin]

looks like G3 survived ?

[lavish lark]

maybe?

[bright minnow]

It could break up at anytime Just gets more unlikely

[lavish lark]

this is certainly an error but it goes hard af

[lavish lark]

g3 has left soho c3

now only stereo (this is the crappy ultra compressed data) can see it

[reef nimbus]

Sad

[hoary basin]

should i try G3 tonight ?

[lavish lark]

yea id say so

a bit late

[reef nimbus]

Yes

Pls

[lavish lark]

it is like 1am for him

[reef nimbus]

Nice

Tell him to go to space

[wild sequoia]

what mag is it rn

[reef nimbus]

Fainter than
Polaris ifn

Mag 45

Atleast in my experience

[lavish lark]

havent got any recent estimates cause its left soho but somewhere along the lines of -1 to -3

[wild sequoia]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1249272121234821241/1275237843073241139/attachment-7.gif

[wild sequoia]

could I get it around sunset then

like right after sun dips down

[lavish lark]

yeah solid chance

[wild sequoia]

wahoo

[lavish lark]

https://groups.io/g/comets-ml/topic/comet_c_2024_g3_atlas_in/110624337

[reef nimbus]

No it’s impossible don’t even try

[lavish lark]

i think both you and i just suck and got unlucky

[wild sequoia]

weatger

I have clear

[reef nimbus]

I’m kidding lol

[reef nimbus]

Maybe

@velvet cipher I think this guy is spitting fax

This why we can’t get it

[lavish lark]

celestialsail got it with a 300mm lens, i think we're just bad

[reef nimbus]

Yea…

[wild sequoia]

location issue

[wild sequoia]

@lavish lark g3 ended up being too low

couldn't get it 😦

[little moon]

I'm at 40N.

[wild sequoia]

I'm at 54N.

[little moon]

Not really relevant for daytime observations anyway

[hoary mauve]

Did G3 last night. Pretty bright. Very hard to see without processing the image.

Also a bit of smoke around

[bright minnow]

Potassium carbonate is mid

Cooper carbonate supremacy

[reef nimbus]

How? Any tips?

I got this which is exactly where the comet should be

I’ll go to a beach today to try at sunset

[reef nimbus]

But unfocused ik

Could just be dust

[hoary mauve]

Just pointed to where it should be, used the sun as reference. And took photos.

[reef nimbus]

Hmm seems I really need to go to a beach then

For the perfect horizon view

[hoary mauve]

Low iso for lower noise on the exposure triangle.

[reef nimbus]

Alright thanks

[wild sequoia]

i think we can both agree sodium carbonate is the better than both

[bright minnow]

I used the last of mine yesterday

Making copper carbonate

Because I ran out

[wild sequoia]

yummy
I haven't had the chance to make anything recently
my dad was renovating the garage but the cold paused work on it

[bright minnow]

I’ve been having fun with copper compounds recently

Lucky the cold isn’t a problem in Australia

[hoary basin]

I cannot find this comet bruh

[hoary mauve]

I couldn’t see it at all until I processed the images.

[hoary basin]

Oop I see a tiny dot

[reef nimbus]

No way

Bruh I NEED to get it today

@velvet cipher

[hoary basin]

ill try process them now i think its below the horizon now

[reef nimbus]

bruh

I need to go to beach for good view of horizon

[hoary basin]

nope got nothing

[compact flare]

I got the comet

Wow

I can see it with naked eye

No processing at all

I wonder how to stack these comets photos

[reef nimbus]

@lavish lark

i have big chance today

i realized i can go into my apartments swimming pool and its rooftop

i have view of the horizon perfectly

[reef nimbus]

holy shet\

[compact flare]

Equator

[reef nimbus]

what settings

[reef nimbus]

ok nice

[compact flare]

Like -6 altitude

[reef nimbus]

i need some tips before i go

[reef nimbus]

alr

[compact flare]

Its actually depends tho i use 1/100 iso 3200

[reef nimbus]

okk

and also how do u focus on the sky without seeing the comet

any advice on that too? pls?

[compact flare]

I capture at 18.41 P.M

[compact flare]

I use the tower

[reef nimbus]

hmm

[compact flare]

Over there too make sure its focus

[reef nimbus]

so i can use surrounding objects?

like i mean near the comet

[compact flare]

Depends with your place

[reef nimbus]

hmm

[compact flare]

If theres any

Use them

[reef nimbus]

i have yes

[compact flare]

Greatt!!

[reef nimbus]

maybe some small houses or some tall buildings

yk burj khalifa?

[compact flare]

No

[reef nimbus]

ok nvm

[compact flare]

Oh wait

That

Tall building at arab saudi?

[reef nimbus]

united arab emirates but yeh

its visible from the place

but small

i think it will be good

for focusing

[compact flare]

You can use that as the focusing

And i use 10x zoom to make sure its perfectly focused

[reef nimbus]

coool

[reef nimbus]

yea i have something where it zooms automatically when doing manual focus

[compact flare]

The comet itself is pretty bright

[reef nimbus]

i can try in an hour or so

[reef nimbus]

im aware

[compact flare]

Goodluck with that!!!

[reef nimbus]

i really hope i get it

[reef nimbus]

ty

i dont have much hope but lets see

[compact flare]

Just prepare your setup first

[reef nimbus]

im using my nikon p950

btw is it very small? no right?

how small is the comet

[compact flare]

I use 300mm lens

With this

[reef nimbus]

okk thanks

i have like 2000mm cuz im using a bridge cam lol

[compact flare]

BROOOO

[reef nimbus]

its not crazy trust me

[compact flare]

That will show the detailsss

[reef nimbus]

its not like real zoom idk how to explain it

[reef nimbus]

nit exactly no

its hard to explain

[compact flare]

Ahhh i see

[reef nimbus]

but like the real fl of it is 357mm

but i can ger pretty nice shots of moon and saturn thankfully lol

@compact flare well bye i have to go for a bit thanks for the help!

[compact flare]

Alright good luck with the shott!!

[reef nimbus]

thankss

[hoary mauve]

Use lower than higher. Otherwise it’s too hard to find ngl

[reef nimbus]

im aware

i will use like 400mm or so

ofc i can zoom in and out tho for finding

i really do hope i find it cuz i have had troubles with that and stellarium doesnt have AR mode

[reef nimbus]

@hoary mauve got my subs, now im gonna stretch fingers crossed.

[hoary mauve]

Nice. Also background extraction

[reef nimbus]

i cant see em in single subs

i have definetly captuered where the comet was positoned tho

im quite confident

weird

im looking on my sd card and theres no recent images showing up

[reef nimbus]

dont think i got anything

i have other subs too but i wont really bother trying idk

my focus was prolly bad ig

Yea I give up

There’s no way I’m ever getting this comet

[compact flare]

Hey im wondering how to stack these comet image

Use dss?

It has comet stacking tho

[tawny elm]

Siril.

Unless you want to go through all of your images and manually tell dss where the comet is

[compact flare]

Even at daylight?

Does it need star too stack?

[reef nimbus]

iirc no

[compact flare]

Iirc?

[reef nimbus]

if i recall

[lavish lark]

you dont have to do that

you have to do it 3 times

first middle and end

maybe not even middle

[topaz fulcrum]

as someone who used siril for comet stacking, never again

I reccomend it over dss for normal deep sky but comets are pain in siril

[empty lodge]

comets are pain in every software

[lavish lark]

dss is clicking an extra 13 times max

i counted

[empty lodge]

Yes, but it gives very poor results most of the time.

[tawny elm]

it needs at least 1

[compact flare]

Last time i stack with siril

It wont stack

Only 1 frame stakced

[empty lodge]

The logs probably explained why

In siril you can align with all stars, with 3 stars, with two stars, with one star, with pattern mattching... Well, many ways to do it.

(and now it will be also possible with astrometry)

[lavish lark]

?

all of the above have been stacked with dss

i guess star traing exists but I dont really mind that

[empty lodge]

Oh, you have star trail, well in Siril this is easy too then 🙂

[lavish lark]

well yeah I like the look

[empty lodge]

I meant the comet alignement, with fixed commet and fixed stars

This one never work

[lavish lark]

oh i agree with you there

[empty lodge]

😉

[lavish lark]

that one does suck

[empty lodge]

yep

[lavish lark]

but i like the trailed stars look

[empty lodge]

Sure. ANd in Siril this is very easy to process :). We even have a tutorial for that

[bright minnow]

Behold the copper collection

And my other non copper chemicals

[wild sequoia]

yum

[little moon]

Welp- my exposures of G3 from the 14th turned out to be out of focus, except for the test ones

[hoary basin]

im convinced this comet doesnt exist

[bright minnow]

Give it a few days

It’s still mostly in the suns glare

[hoary basin]

people gotten it in the day and i cant even see it when the suns below the horizon

[bright minnow]

It’s very tricky

On the 20-21. I’m going to a tall mountain

To hopefully get it near the horizon

[hoary basin]

nvm i went out again and easily saw the tail naked eye

as i got the camera it went below the trees :/

that shit is so bright tho tf

[reef nimbus]

Wait

We will get higher chance soon?

[bright minnow]

not for you

its strictly a southern hemisphere target

[reef nimbus]

Frick

I tried getting it in sunset

[bright minnow]

wont be doable from india

[reef nimbus]

Someone here got it

[reef nimbus]

I’m in uae

[bright minnow]

wha

[reef nimbus]

Yea

[bright minnow]

i sware you where india my bad g

[reef nimbus]

India is just the closest lol

[reef nimbus]

It’s alr

[bright minnow]

anyway thats even worse

[reef nimbus]

lmao

[bright minnow]

its hard to get even from the southern hemisphere lol

[reef nimbus]

Someone here got it tho so I tried anyways

[bright minnow]

can i see

do you know who did it?

[bright minnow]

what?!

are you west coast?

[bright minnow]

oof

[hoary basin]

east

[bright minnow]

Dam

I tried yesterday

And today

I live Brisbane ish

[bright minnow]

Lucky

[hoary basin]

u are east coast aswell

[bright minnow]

i know

[bright minnow]

but i couldn't see it

im heading up to the mountains soon

on Monday Tuesday ish

[bright minnow]

@reef nimbus

That’s the the northern hemisphere

This is for the south

[reef nimbus]

Nice

[bright minnow]

So yeah it won’t get much better for you guys

[reef nimbus]

Yea I see

I mean atleast I gave it a try

Better to try than never know if I could get it

[wild sequoia]

by the end of the month g3 won't even hit the horizon for me lol
forever relegated to skies which i cannot chart

[reef nimbus]

WTFFF @bright minnow

WHY DOES EVERYONE GET IT BUT ME

[lavish lark]

skill issue

[reef nimbus]

U also didn’t get it

Haha

[little moon]

🙃

[lavish lark]

holy

[static sage]

[hoary basin]

i can shoot it with roki tonight now i know where it is in the sky

[lavish lark]

dew it

[hoary basin]

i finish work at 8:30 and its visible naked eye at like 8:45

and i dont get home till 9

[stuck knot]

Oh, rip 😦

Ooooh people are seeing the comet already

it's supposed to be clear skies tomorrow

maybe I should try :>

I see it's very close to sun... So I will not look at it, let my camera do it xD

Probably don't need ND filter, f/8 and very fast shutter speed should be fine, right?

[bright minnow]

If you live in the northern hemisphere I wouldn’t really attempt it

[stuck knot]

Why not?

[tall crane]

i love comets

looks so cool

[tawny elm]

ong bob dropped his best image

[little moon]

Just processed my shot of this sucker on the 14th

I had to work with very few exposures and stack manually but eh

Thankfully one of them had the comet right over a cable which somewhat enhanced it, so I used that as the meain image while the others smoothened everything out

Cable looks a bit wonky though

[static sage]

pretty sure its an image from namibia

[little moon]

Yea

Speaking of which

Absolutely impressive

From Chile

[static sage]

dayumn.

[little moon]

It lowkey looks like comet west so much

[reef nimbus]

Wait u took this??

[little moon]

No

[reef nimbus]

ok

thx

[little moon]

Np

[hoary basin]

Very bright woah

[bright minnow]

Did you get any images ?

[hoary basin]

ya

[bright minnow]

When you get them processed please show

I might be imaging soon

[compact flare]

this is my comet

stacked already

i crop it too much

and i only stack 20 frame of 80 frame

i did it manually on photoshop

if anyone wondering

[little moon]

Nice

Should be much better in like 3-4 days

[bright minnow]

Hopefully

I’m sad there isn’t much of an ion tail

[little moon]

Yeah I prefer size to brightness by far

Besides ion tails are hard to see anyway

[bright minnow]

How big is it rn?

[little moon]

Even when neowise was at peak I couldn't see it

From a bortle 2

[bright minnow]

Oh oof

[little moon]

Yea

Dust tail was graceful and magnificent though

15-20 degs

[bright minnow]

Oh sick

[little moon]

And fairly bright, quite a bit more than milky way

Sucks that A3 had a full moon

Otherwise I'm convinced I would have seen a ~25deg long tail

Single exposures showed all of it

[bright minnow]

Oh you should of seen a3 from Australia

During perihelion

It was new moon at the time

And the tail was massive

[little moon]

Yeah pre-perihelion A3 was impressive

[little moon]

And so was post perihelion but yeah moon had it all ruined

(As I predicted but no one believed)

Still naked eye visible tho

The sky was so bright that I had to cut my exposures short unfortunately

But yeah result was still awesome

[hoary basin]

Twas A3 on the 1st october

[little moon]

Yeah

I do prefer neowise's tail by just a bit

[hoary basin]

wish A3 had a brighter ion tail

[little moon]

It wasn't too large but it was just graceful

[hoary basin]

its barely in my pic only just

[little moon]

So magnificent, watched it from a bortle 2

[little moon]

Ion tails suck tbh

Even if bright, seeing them is very challenging

[hoary basin]

unpopular opinion

[little moon]

I couldn't get a glimpse of it with neowise

[little moon]

Yea ik

But for visual stuff they do suck (mostly)

[hoary basin]

😔

they are pretty good for me

[little moon]

Btw, I wonder if G3 will display the appendix that sunskimmers have

Like McNaught

Also from now on ppl should start attempting images at the tail after the nucleus sets

[hoary mauve]

Gonna do it

[little moon]

Kk

I'd say make a composite mosaic

It may look wonky due to the twilight but yea

[compact flare]

maybe this is my final comet

50 frames of 80 stacked

[hoary basin]

how u guys stacking this ?

[little moon]

Manually LMAO

[hoary basin]

oh

[little moon]

Thank god I had very few exposures to deal with

[hoary basin]

looks like i aint stacking mine then

[little moon]

I mean, surely there is another way for you

Mines are during daylight

[stuck knot]

Oh I see, that's a bit unfair! 😄

[hoary basin]

my Mid photo

1/12th second shutter iso 400 iirc

[hoary basin]

space rock

[static sage]

what a scene

[little moon]

Oh it really is coming into view there

[stuck knot]

AWESOME

[little moon]

Reminds me of perihelion neowise so far

Still not close to post-perihelion from dark skies

Let's hope it gets the glow-up soon

[hoary mauve]

Ignore ass stack but it has nice structure

[hoary basin]

👀

[bright minnow]

Recon I’m getting the comet tonight boys?

[static sage]

holy cow

[little moon]

Oh that sodium!

[little moon]

Surely right?

[tall crane]

very nice!

[lavish lark]

no

[lavish lark]

no

[reef nimbus]

Alr

Someone else took again

[little moon]

Hmmm

[reef nimbus]

Bruh

I’m gonna need therapy after this

[little moon]

I just saw an image that looks a bit weird

If someone is thinking about shooting a close up of the comet to see the coma's structure, please do

That is all I'll say

[bright minnow]

He has a goto telescope

You don’t

It’s much easier for him

[reef nimbus]

I also do

I just didn’t use it

Lol

[bright minnow]

Why not

[reef nimbus]

Idk

Might not be accurate?

[bright minnow]

If your not using it I’d gladly buy it off you 😂

[reef nimbus]

I’m using it for imaging lol

[compact flare]

Wow

Its literally different than mine

[little moon]

@hoary basin it looked exactly like this image naked eye

Image is taken the exact same night btw (not mine)

[lavish lark]

neowise lookin ahh

[little moon]

Nah neo was so much better

So far, that is

[lavish lark]

it looks like neowise not looks like neowise

you get me?

[little moon]

Uhhh

No?

[lavish lark]

neowise morphology not neowise anything else

[little moon]

Lol

[little moon]

Oh ok

Yea true that

Though perihelion G3 was very different

[lavish lark]

yea

[little moon]

Not even similar to mcnaught

[lavish lark]

not even similar to c/2002 v1 really

[little moon]

Yea

Idk why ppl were comparing them tbh lol

It reminded me of west but now it's lowkey a scorched dust-rich neowise

[little moon]

Hmmmmm

Funny quote lmao

Tbh all of us were like that

"Like- surely it won't be a southern west, right-?"

We were at that god damn kreutz comet

Doing its own crack

[lavish lark]

it might but on the other 0.4au

although that would be very strange

[little moon]

Fair actually

[little moon]

Oh ok yea G3 is a goner

Check this one out

[lavish lark]

we have comet lovejoy at home

[little moon]

Yea

Bar-shaped nucleus means goodbye

Well

Headless comet, actually

That January 14th outburst was probably the disintegration

That is if what we are seeing IS indeed a bar

[lavish lark]

this image unstretched doesnt show the bar though (and is of a higher quality)

[little moon]

Yeah

Weird

[little moon]

Uhm

Yeah that looks like a bar-shaped nucleus to me.

https://es-es.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=1380694773292035&id=227002358661288

It can still be visible though, as C/2011 W3 was

But yeah it will progressively just vanish with the tail remaining only

[little moon]

Ppl are saying that brightness went down quickly too

[little moon]

Tail is still great though

[next tendon]

Dang that’s good

[little moon]

Yea

The nucleus disintegrating is concerning though

https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=10221350198062871&set=gm.2348949361942179&idorvanity=123943134442824&locale=es_ES

[compact flare]

What the

Is that the coma?

[little moon]

?

[little moon]

U mean here?

[little moon]

https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=10163160079175820&set=pcb.2348987811938334&locale=es_ES

[reef nimbus]

@hoary mauve sorry for the bother but do u have any tips on how I could possibly get into good focus without seeing the comet? I felt the method where u focus on surrounding buildings wasn’t good

[steel widget]

Try focusing on the moon or maybe a bright planet (Venus, Jupiter)

Perhaps even a star (not the sun) if possible

[hoary mauve]

Focus on Venus

[reef nimbus]

Alr thx guys

I might actually have a chance today

[lavish lark]

i don't think g3 is visble in dubai anymore

[reef nimbus]

Only reason I wouldn’t get it is cuz I’m stupid cuz I have the perfect opportunity

[reef nimbus]

It is

Stellarium isn’t accurate?

[lavish lark]

well the main part at least

[lavish lark]

ok, have fun

[reef nimbus]

Thx

Came back down to get some food cuz I have a better chance in 20 mins when it’s darker

[lavish lark]

it doesn't have a nucleus

[reef nimbus]

And also there are some clouds

[reef nimbus]

Wait what

[lavish lark]

scroll up

[reef nimbus]

Oh

So it’s dim now?

[lavish lark]

tail is brighter but no high surface brightness parts at the nucleus anymore

[reef nimbus]

Oof

What mag?

[lavish lark]

only been one estimate on cobs and its 1

[reef nimbus]

Alr

Thx

I think I have a chance at this time @lavish lark

[lavish lark]

sure i dunno

[reef nimbus]

Ye

[reef nimbus]

@lavish lark

This one time

Out of everyday

Clouds.

My
Stupid ass prolly wouldn’t have gotten it anyway

Thx for the help tho 🙏

[lavish lark]

yeah you were cooked beforehand

[reef nimbus]

Lmao Fr

[little moon]

Ouch

[little moon]

Nucleus is gone but the tail remains great

[hoary basin]

it better survive till wednesday

[lavish lark]

well it will still be visible by wednesday

[hoary basin]

[lavish lark]

no garuntees it will be an impressive object

lemme check how lovejoy did

[lavish lark]

ok so very approximately (this is not very accurate) every 0.1 au that comet lovejoy got farther away from the sun post disintegration, it got a magnitude fainter

[lavish lark]

yeah g3 aint doing the hottest anymore

so its now a kinda mcnaught kinda lovejoy comet

[bright minnow]

@lavish lark Can I quickly remind you when I said that this comet was going to be pretty good. And you were like. Nah I’m not even counting it. It sucks

[lavish lark]

yeah i also didnt count it because it sucks for me personally

and who the heck saw any of this coming

[bright minnow]

Me

[lavish lark]

its brightened by several magnitudes intrinsically lol

[lavish lark]

well i guess not really

it did disintegrate

[bright minnow]

[lavish lark]

the general feeling at the time was that it wasn't going to survive:(((

and also that wouldn't have been anything too amazing even if it had

[bright minnow]

Well. I had faith. And lots of copium

[lavish lark]

you were right

although I did begin to change my mind a bit after that

also wtf 65 notifications

[bright minnow]

It doesn’t really matter tbh. You can’t even see it

[bright minnow]

I have a problem

[lavish lark]

well maybe a little bit of the tail

[lavish lark]

can people even ping you at all

like does that even work

[lavish lark]

(for its intended purpose of having you look at something)

it very clearly functions as a mechanic

[bright minnow]

There

Fixed

0 pings

@lavish lark I just never look at my pings

The not important ones anyway

Like server announcements and stuff

[lavish lark]

based

[bright minnow]

you know what else is based

\

kerbal space program

[lavish lark]

ah i have a few thousand hours in that game

[bright minnow]

i got it a few days ago so ive got no clue what im doing yet

[lavish lark]

1k on steam and I haven't primarily used it in years

[bright minnow]

ah nice

[lavish lark]

yeah looks like it lol

think it took me a year to get good at ksp but i was also 12

maybe 10

[bright minnow]

damm

[lavish lark]

it was a while ago

[bright minnow]

i somehow did a mun flyby a lil bit ago