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alfi
14-10-2009, 09:23 AM
hi guys

last night i finally got to try out my equipment.
as i surfed around with my 16mm nirvana EP, i saw a fuzzy, didnt know what it was, but took some pictures, unguided.
should have taken shorter exposure to minimize the trails, but it was just before it went behind a tree, so i just took a chance.
i found out later that it was c/2006 w3.
C/2006 W3 ( Christensen (http://www.aerith.net/comet/catalog/2006W3/2006W3.html)
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alfi
leon
14-10-2009, 12:17 PM
Nice catch David, one never knows what one can capture in an image.

Leon
Lumen Miner
14-10-2009, 01:18 PM
Interesting!! Great capture! If this is your first attempt with your new equipment, I can't wait to see what else you come up with!! :thumbsup:
alfi
14-10-2009, 11:55 PM
thank you guys
i was a little surprised myself, that i would find a comet i didnt know was there, just by surfing around to test the eyepiece.
hope to get a better image of it, now that i know where to look.

alfi
StarGazing
15-10-2009, 11:00 AM
Nice one alfi ..... best of luck with it.
Alex :thumbsup:
Outbackmanyep
15-10-2009, 08:57 PM
Hi Alfi,
Where abouts is the comet in this image??
alfi
16-10-2009, 03:43 AM
hi
it is the brightest object, down to the right.
i didnt have time to get set up good, as it were going behind some trees, i think i should have used shorter exposuretime, to get rid of the trails, and maybe the comet would not have been overexposed, i think it is.

alfi
rat156
16-10-2009, 08:16 AM
Hi Alfi,

Sorry to rain on you party, but the bright object in the picture is not a magnitude 10 comet. That would be much dimmer and should show some proper motion against the stars.

The comet may well be in the image, I looked but couldn't find it, it may be too dim to be seen past the light pollution though.

Comets usually show up green in DSLR shots.

Cheers
Stuart
alfi
16-10-2009, 08:57 AM
hi
****!
i think you are right, i checked my pictures, and think i have posted the wrong one.
i found some with a lot less light on the fuzzy, its only a 20sec exposure, ill try to fix it.
sorry guys!

alfi
alfi
16-10-2009, 09:19 AM
hi
have changed the picture now, to a cropped version of the right one, alot less magnitude on this one, and a lot more difficult to see, but it is fuzzy compared to the startrails.
again, sorry for posting the wrong picture.

alfi
Outbackmanyep
18-10-2009, 04:17 PM
Much better! :)
I had to make sure you was seeing the same thing as i was!

Nice shot! :thumbsup: