Observation by Grant Privett: Anti-tail 2023 A3

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Grant Privett

Observer

Grant Privett

Observed

2024 Oct 17 - 18:48

Uploaded

2024 Oct 18 - 21:28

Objects

C/2023 A3

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Constellation

Serpens Caput

Field centre

RA: 15^h56^m
Dec: +02°53'
Position angle: +37°18'

Field size

16° × 10°

Equipment

Canon M5 + 50mm f/1.8 lens + Tripod

Exposure

38x 6sec ISO1600

Location

Near Salisbury

Target name

c/2023 A3

Title

Anti-tail 2023 A3

About this image

I went back to the raw data of the pics I captured yesterday.

I took a lot of frames and used Sequator to stack them for me and freeze the foreground and got quite nice result. However, when I pushed the contrast to bring out the tail of the comet, the foreground looked really rubbish (illuminated by the full Moon) and brilliant orange coloured.

Now, I suppose I could get the layers tool out and extract the foreground from the same frame when not pushed and drop it over the pushed image but I suspect it would look false/fake/weird - also, I tend to think its only one step away from dropping on a different foreground and that I deem cheating and fakery.

So, here it is sans foreground. I may post one with the foreground but only when I don't think it will look like a 1960s flash back...

Files associated with this observation

c2023A3 20241017 anti-tail.jpg (1.4 MB)

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