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RB
31-05-2006, 05:15 PM
Last night was superb. I woke up at 11.30pm anticipating the beautiful show of
Comet 73P/Schwassmann-Wachmann 3 (http://www.iceinspace.com.au/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=13025&d=1149031711) so I go out and setup in the freezing cold.
Well I don't have a good North Easterly View so I had to wait till the comet cleared some tall trees, so in the mean time I decided to have another go at Antares, this time with the 200mm lens.
So here it is. A total of 10 minutes exposure at 1600 ISO.
Octane
31-05-2006, 06:00 PM
Andrew,

Beautiful, beautiful, beautiful!

Are they the comets down the bottom?

Regards,
Humayun
RB
31-05-2006, 06:35 PM
No the comets are on another image (http://www.iceinspace.com.au/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=13025&d=1149031711)

Thanks H.
:thumbsup:
iceman
31-05-2006, 06:44 PM
Holy cow! 2 beautiful images!

Well done Andrew.
asimov
31-05-2006, 06:47 PM
Nice one Andrew! :)
asimov
31-05-2006, 06:50 PM
WOW! That comet pic is a beauty mate! Great stuff!
h0ughy
31-05-2006, 06:51 PM
tracking a little bit off, but very nice! That camera is working wonders !
RB
31-05-2006, 06:57 PM
Yes you're right Dave, Antares was getting low and I was having balancing problems too. I need more counter weights, and to Polar align might help.:lol: