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]

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

Cheers

Russ

[gregbradley]

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]

Mighty Nice view and work Greg

[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.

[astronobob]

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

[gregbradley]

All in a day's work doing astrophotography!

Greg.