Comet & galaxy again, 11 June 09 [Archive]

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Rob_K

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

12-06-2009, 05:13 PM

Good stuff Rob :thumbsup:

Liz

12-06-2009, 05:18 PM

Another beauty Rob :thumbsup::thumbsup:

Quark

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

12-06-2009, 08:19 PM

Very nice. :)
I've got to have a go at this one tonight.

Kevnool

12-06-2009, 10:46 PM

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

Rob_K

13-06-2009, 12:14 AM

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

Cheers -

WadeH

13-06-2009, 07:27 PM

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

StephenM

13-06-2009, 08:54 PM

Great shot Rob! :thumbsup:

Cheers,
Stephen

Liz

15-06-2009, 10:36 AM

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

http://astronomy.fm/aapod/2009-06-15_Comet-C2008-Q3-(Garradd)-and-galaxy-Centaurus-A.html