Comet & galaxy again, 11 June 09

Rob_K · #1 12-06-2009, 04:58 PM

Here's last night's shot of C/2008 Q3 Garradd and Centaurus A, this time with the comet 1 deg 15' minutes from Centaurus A, and moving further away.

Piggybacked Canon 400D at 200mm, 14 x 50 sec. 09:20, 11 June 09 UT.

Cheers -

MrB (Simon) · #2 12-06-2009, 05:13 PM

Good stuff Rob

Liz · #3 12-06-2009, 05:18 PM

Another beauty Rob

Quark (Trevor) · #4 12-06-2009, 05:19 PM

Well done Rob.

A most interesting conjunction and quite surprising just how well NGC 5128 came up.

Cheers
Trevor

jjjnettie · #5 12-06-2009, 08:19 PM

Very nice.

I've got to have a go at this one tonight.

Kevnool (Kev) · #6 12-06-2009, 10:46 PM

Great image Rob.
Spot on....Cheers Kev.

Rob_K · #7 13-06-2009, 12:14 AM

Thanks all! Cloudy again here, might be a while till the camera comes out again.

Cheers -

WadeH (Wade) · #8 13-06-2009, 07:27 PM

Well done Rob, looks like two headlights! I love it.

StephenM (Stephen) · #9 13-06-2009, 08:54 PM

Great shot Rob!

Cheers,
Stephen

Liz · #10 15-06-2009, 10:36 AM

Hey Rob, congrats on astronomy.fm pic of day !!

http://astronomy.fm/aapod/2009-06-15...ntaurus-A.html