Comet C2008 A1 McNaught - Updated

[peeb61]

Greetings,
Joe Perulero and myself Took a wide selection of images of McNaught C2008 C1 during the week (last Wednesday night).

This is one of the images, 2 minutes at 400ISO.
Enjoy
Paul

I did have an AVI of 18 images of this comet but took it down due to the quality, if anyone is interested please PM me and I will email it. Its compressed at 3.8mb.

I've added the total of 18 images and stacked using RegiStax, various exposures and ISO's taken on the same night.

[Bloodbean]

Hi Paul,

Nice shots! Good to see some more pics of this comet. What was the equipment used for these shots? I've had a somewhat difficult time locating it on widefield shots I've taken at 80mm from light polluted skies. Hopefully it gets brighter.

Troy

[Matty P]

Nice shots Paul, well done.

You have done a great job to capture this comet.

:thumbsup:

[peeb61]

Thanks Troy and Matty,
I used my Canon 350D at prime focus with a Skywatcher 102 and using an Orion Broadband DSF piggy backed on my trusty polar mounted 10" LX200GPS.

We took a total of 18 images at different ISO's and exposures from 6.40pm to 8.05pm.

This comet is moving pretty fast. The AVI I put together really gives the idea of speed.

Paul

[Jen]

:thumbsup: nice pics
I wish i had my scope when the comet was glowing last year

[peeb61]

Thanks Jen for your comments, telescopes do help I suppose so do binoculars and this one is visible in 8x30's!

Paul