Comet Lovejoy and the Pleaides

[gregbradley]

Taken last night. The tail is quite long.


http://www.pbase.com/gregbradley/image/158842667

http://upload.pbase.com/image/158842718/large cropped version

Greg.

[rustigsmed (Russell)]

quite long!? you ain't kidding there Greg!
Fantastic shot, and great to sneak in the seven sisters for scale!

Cheers

Russ

[gregbradley]

Originally Posted by rustigsmed

quite long!? you ain't kidding there Greg!
Fantastic shot, and great to sneak in the seven sisters for scale!

Cheers

Russ

Thanks Russ. The Pleaides ended up looking a bit funny but still interesting. I took another one last night with my CCD and it should be a lot nicer.

Greg.

[astronobob (Bob)]

Mighty Nice view and work Greg

[gregbradley]

Originally Posted by astronobob

Mighty Nice view and work Greg

Thanks Bob. I imaged it again using my CCD and it turned out better although it was hard to do as my filter wheel is not working at present. I had to remove the lens, move the filter wheel manually then reattach the lens, then check focus. I had to do this 4 times all the while realising its a moving target!

http://upload.pbase.com/image/158849503


Greg.

[astronobob (Bob)]

Originally Posted by gregbradley

Thanks Bob. I imaged it again using my CCD and it turned out better although it was hard to do as my filter wheel is not working at present. I had to remove the lens, move the filter wheel manually then reattach the lens, then check focus. I had to do this 4 times all the while realising its a moving target!

http://upload.pbase.com/image/158849503

Greg.

Well that sounds a challenging situation Greg, great stuff for battling through the hard times
Im flat out getting a still target & thats with a colour camera, but know similar dilemas !
You have done exceptionally well then

[gregbradley]

Originally Posted by astronobob

Well that sounds a challenging situation Greg, great stuff for battling through the hard times
Im flat out getting a still target & thats with a colour camera, but know similar dilemas !
You have done exceptionally well then

All in a day's work doing astrophotography!

Greg.