Colours of Comets.

[tilbrook@rbe.ne]

Colours of Comets.

Over the past 6 years I have been fortunate to image some great comets, so here are some of them.
C/2016 R2 PanSTARRS has been really something special with it's remarkable blue tail. This prompted me to put this together.

Hope you enjoy it.

Cheers,

Justin.

[doppler]

Nice one Justin, who doesn't love a comet. A comet was my introduction to astronomyas an 8 y/o. (Comet Ikeya–Seki: C/1965 S1)

[RickS]

Very cool, Justin!

[geolindon]

Thank you Justin :thumbsup:

I hunted the blue tailed comet nearly as assiduously as Burl Ives' blue tail fly also to no avail. not to wurrie, when it comes back i'll have a bigger 'scope.

L

[tilbrook@rbe.ne]

Thanks Rick, Rick and Lindon!:)

For some reason I can't get multiple replies working.
Thought it worth posting.

Cheers,

Justin.

[Camelopardalis]

Cracking montage Justin :thumbsup:

[Anth10]

Love your work here Justin, great compilation, the colours are spectacular. Particularly like comet LoveJoys long tail, awesome.

Anth

[Merlin66]

You can easily recognise the emission lines, carbon bands etc. in the low resolution Star Analyser. Not an ideal target; the grating is really designed for Star like images, but good results never the less.

[Troy]

Some good images there. :thumbsup:

[tilbrook@rbe.ne]

Thanks Anthony! :)



Thanks Ken! :) Rob Kaufman has supplied me with 5 specta, I'll need to contact professionals for C/2016 R2 PanSTARRS.



Thanks Troy! :)



Thanks Dunk! :)

[tel.lekatsas]

That's a beaut showcase Justin. The montage really highlights the variety of these amazing objects.

[strongmanmike]

Really nice collection Justin :thumbsup:

Mike

[tilbrook@rbe.ne]

Thanks Tel! :)



Thanks Mike! :)

[LewisM]

What a stunning assortment!!!!!!!!!

[Octane]

So very cool! You should do up a poster. :)

H

[tilbrook@rbe.ne]

Thanks Lewis! :)



Thanks H ! :) Still working on this, hope to have more info on the comets to add.

[multiweb]

Very cool catalogue Justin. Nicely done. :thumbsup:

[tilbrook@rbe.ne]

Thanks Marc! :)

[SkyWatch]

Some great images there Justin! Well done.

Are these all done with the same colour adjustments?

Keep up the good work!

- Dean

[andyc]

Lovely collection Justin! Nice to see them all together

[cometcatcher]

An awesome collection Justin! I've almost forgotten what a comet is.

[tilbrook@rbe.ne]

Thanks Dean! :) Most of these have been processed at different times, spanning from December 2001 till now, so the processing will be different on all comets. The overall colours are about right, certainly the comets exhibit these colours in images, just enhanced in photo shop.


Thanks Andy! :)



Thanks Kevin! :) Hopefully a few brighter ones for 2018.