C/2024 G3 ATLAS (Jan 23)

One last shot at the comet (I think it’s the final one, tired of fighting the clouds).
Jan 23, Semaphore Beach
This time, I decided to go with tracked subs.
For the comet:
80 frames of 10 seconds near the core, right before it dipped into the clouds
150 frames of 10 seconds for the tail, until it disappeared into the clouds too
For the foreground:
30 seconds at f/5.6 of the jetty (the comet was right above it)
I ended up with two separate stacks for the comet (processed in PixInsight). Spent quite a bit of time removing the background with multiple DBE iterations, then put together a mosaic.
The stars are a little bit misaligned on purpose to create a more pleasant composition.
Finally, I used Photoshop to merge everything into one image.