C/2023 P1 Nishimura
Photo description / processing
It was a challenging shoot. September 10th was practically the last day of Comet Nishimura's morning visibility, with only a half-hour window for imaging before dawn—20 minutes of which were ruined by clouds. At just 5 degrees above the horizon, instead of stars, you get their spectral characteristics. On top of that, I messed up the flats (don't ask). All in all, I spent about a month figuring out how and from which angle to process this. The stars had to be replaced using resynthesis in Siril; the rest came out something like this...
Technical information
- Telescope/Lens
- Newtonian 150/750
- Camera
- RisingCam 571C
- Mount
- Sky-Watcher HEQ5 Pro (belt-modified)
- Guide Scope
- Pentax Takumar 200mm f/4 Lens
- Guide Camera
- T7M
- Accessories
- Sharpstar 0.95x Coma Corrector
- Software
- Astro Photography Tool, PHD2, Siril, StarNet++, AstroDenoisePY, Topaz DeNoise AI, Luminar
- Location
- Зарожjе, Сербия
- Date taken
Exposure
- 37 × 15″ · ISO/Gain: 100 · Optolong UV-IR Cut ·
Total exposure: 9 m









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