Comet Lovejoy 8 Jan 15 4 panel mosaic

[gregbradley]

Taken last night between clouds!

http://upload.pbase.com/gregbradley/...58751342/large


Greg.

[pluto (Hugh)]

Very nice Greg!

[blink138 (Pat)]

gordon bennett!................ spectacular mate!!
pat

[RichardJ (Richard)]

Fabulous image Greg,
Well done!!

RichardJ

[gregbradley]

Originally Posted by pluto

Very nice Greg!

Cheers Hugh.

Originally Posted by blink138

gordon bennett!................ spectacular mate!!
pat

Thanks very much Pat.

Originally Posted by RichardJ

Fabulous image Greg,
Well done!!

RichardJ

Thanks Richard. It makes braving the mossies worth it.

Greg.

[cometcatcher (Kevin)]

Beautiful tail detail.

[gregbradley]

Originally Posted by cometcatcher

Beautiful tail detail.

Thanks Kevin. This comet is now starting to put on a show.
It must be close to its peak around now.

Greg.

[cometcatcher (Kevin)]

Originally Posted by gregbradley

It must be close to its peak around now....

Yes for us in the southern hemisphere it is. We're just past close approach now. But it gets better for those in the north. Perihelion is at the end of the month (around the time I lose it) as it drifts north.

[batema (Mark)]

Beautiful mosaic Greg. Lovely detail.

Mark.

[gregbradley]

Originally Posted by cometcatcher

Yes for us in the southern hemisphere it is. We're just past close approach now. But it gets better for those in the north. Perihelion is at the end of the month (around the time I lose it) as it drifts north.

Thanks. We should still have some excellent imaging opportunities then over the next few weeks before it goes then.

Originally Posted by batema

Beautiful mosaic Greg. Lovely detail.

Mark.

Thanks Mark.

[multiweb (Marc)]

Very cool. What kind of exposure time and camera did you use?

[Peter Ward]

Ditto. Cool.

[h0ughy (David)]

ok its way too cool - but it has that ring of confidence like the Colgate ad

1000% better than anything i could do

[dvj (John)]

Neat! I think you can stretch the data a little more too! We're buried under clouds in Coona and in California, so no comet for me.

j

[gregbradley]

Originally Posted by multiweb

Very cool. What kind of exposure time and camera did you use?

3 minutes,FLI Proline 16803 CDK17 F4.45.

Originally Posted by Peter Ward

Ditto. Cool.

Thanks Peter.

Originally Posted by h0ughy

ok its way too cool - but it has that ring of confidence like the Colgate ad

1000% better than anything i could do

That's funny David!

Originally Posted by dvj

Neat! I think you can stretch the data a little more too! We're buried under clouds in Coona and in California, so no comet for me.

j

I probably could stretch it harder. Some subs were a bit noisy. I think it was some high thin cloud at some point.

Greg.

[strongmanmike (Michael)]

Great B&W image of this comet Greg! Nice work

Mike

[gregbradley]

Originally Posted by strongmanmike

Great B&W image of this comet Greg! Nice work

Mike

Thanks Mike.

If the weather clears up I'll do another one. Perhaps in colour too if I can get my filter wheel to connect in the meantime!

Greg.

[gaa_ian (Ian)]

Awesome image Greg. It really gives the impression of the Comet receding from as at Phenomenal speed.

[RickS (Rick)]

Great catch, Greg. The detail in the tail is spectacular.

Cheers,
Rick.

[multiweb (Marc)]

Originally Posted by gregbradley

3 minutes,FLI Proline 16803 CDK17 F4.45..

Did you guide on the stars or on the comet? It moves really fast, even on 30s exposures. I would expect the tail to blur quite a bit on 180s.