Comet 217P

[Lester]

Hi all, first night out for some time, got the auto tracking working okay with the Orion Starshoot. Captured 3 x 4 minute exposures of this comet this morning with the Astrograph and Astro 40D camera cooled to below zero.

Full FOV image.

http://i638.photobucket.com/albums/uu109/Lester_045/Comet-19-10-09-3x4min800isofinal.jpg


Crop of first image.

http://i638.photobucket.com/albums/uu109/Lester_045/Comet-19-10-09-3x4min800isocropfina.jpg

[Dennis]

Very nice Lester. You’ve certainly managed to pull in the tail – quite an impressive sight!

Cheers

Dennis

[Quark]

Top job Lester,

Great to see you producing such fine work. The star images look nice and tight and their colours look good. The comet's nucleus and morphology of it's tail are well defined. The tail seems quite extensive.

Well done.
Regards
Trevor

[Rob_K]

Super job Lester, you've really captured the tail well! :thumbsup:


Cheers -

[Outbackmanyep]

Yep, BLOODY RIPPER!!!!!! Great capture! :thumbsup::thumbsup:

One for the fridge indeed! ;)

[Terry B]

Very nice pic. Just needs a flat to even the background.
Good effort.

[Lester]

Thanks Dennis, Trevor, Rob, OB and Terry for your comments.