Comet C/2014 E2 (Jacques) July 29/30

[cometcatcher (Kevin)]

Stayed up for this. Comet C/2014 E2 (Jacques) July 29 1900UT, 59 x 30 seconds, Skywatcher ED100 at F7.2, Pentax K-5. Rotated the camera so I could fit in the tail. Could see it in the 50mm finderscope. I can literally not keep my eyes open. I'm going to bed!

Bigger at astrobin. http://astrob.in/110202/0/

[Liz]

Beautiful Kevin, very nice tail indeed!!

Had meant to get up for a look, but had been checking out meteors earlier in the night, so bed had me trapped.

[Star Catcher (Ted Dobosz)]

Excellent image, crisp and clean result.
Ted

[cometcatcher (Kevin)]

Thanks Liz. Thanks Ted.

I was up all night. Started with the Dumbbell nebula, took a few shots at galaxy M33, M45 Pleiades and finished up with the comet. It's rare to get clear nights in Mackay so I put in maximum effort when they happen. I just crashed at the end. Got up at the crack of noon lol.