Great photo Greg; excellent detail.
I am fascinated by the movements within the tail of comets given what I presume is an environment free of turbulence.
Or does the 'rock' create a turbulance in the immediate environment in the solar wind? Or is it an electrical phenomena?
Must head over to the Comet Watch FB page and ask.
Anyhoo, another cracker of an image mate.
Trev
Great photo Greg; excellent detail.
I am fascinated by the movements within the tail of comets given what I presume is an environment free of turbulence.
Or does the 'rock' create a turbulance in the immediate environment in the solar wind? Or is it an electrical phenomena?
Must head over to the Comet Watch FB page and ask.
Anyhoo, another cracker of an image mate.
Trev
Thanks Trev. I suppose there could be a few factors that create that uneven tail. Perhaps the comet is rotating. I imagine its a very uneven surface as well. Perhaps the surface varies in composition. All of these factors would make it uneven.
Cool - I was a little worried about subs duration but will definitely give it a crack next week under dark skies with a cooled CCD.
I tried a few sub lengths. 2 minutes would be minimum to get enough signal, 3 minutes starts to show the core slightly elongated which becomes noticeable at 5 minutes.
I tried a few sub lengths. 2 minutes would be minimum to get enough signal, 3 minutes starts to show the core slightly elongated which becomes noticeable at 5 minutes.
Greg.
Thanks for the info. I'll try that. Planning on OSC at prime on FSQ and Mono with 200mm piggy back.
I asked about Disconnects on the Comet Watch FB forum and this was one of the referrals. It's NASA Space Science and shows a CME removing the tail of Comet Enke on April 20, 2007 from the STEREO-A probe. There are 7MB AVI and a 1MB animated GIF links under the static picture.
Something about comets in BW that makes them look even better sometimes than in colour.
Perhaps is makes us all reminisce about images from BW photography days and comets.
Thanks John.
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Thanks for the info. I'll try that. Planning on OSC at prime on FSQ and Mono with 200mm piggy back.
That sounds like a badass combo!
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Originally Posted by Regulus
I asked about Disconnects on the Comet Watch FB forum and this was one of the referrals. It's NASA Space Science and shows a CME removing the tail of Comet Enke on April 20, 2007 from the STEREO-A probe. There are 7MB AVI and a 1MB animated GIF links under the static picture.
.. Not sure if you know, but this was the start of a major disconnection event - 
