Some twilight & evening comets, 5-6 Dec 09

[Rob_K]

No scope, just a cheap zoom lens on a Canon 400D (and it shows! :P ). Comet 88P Howell is a 'marvel', still brighter than mag 10 after months! Very happy to get traces of 169P NEAT and 118P Shoemaker-Levy even if they are pretty ugly & stretched, because I couldn't get the slightest sign of them a month ago. They are quite dim. 169P was very low in western twilight and is disappearing from view - will be better early next year as it becomes circumpolar and climbs in darker evening skies. 217P LINEAR had an outburst a while back, but has dimmed off.

http://i727.photobucket.com/albums/ww271/Rob_Kau/88P5Nov09textc.jpg
http://i727.photobucket.com/albums/ww271/Rob_Kau/169P5Dec09textc.jpg
http://i727.photobucket.com/albums/ww271/Rob_Kau/118P6Dec09textc.jpg
http://i727.photobucket.com/albums/ww271/Rob_Kau/217P6Dec09textc.jpg

Excuse the "5Nov" in first file name, just noticed it. Typo, LOL! :lol:

Cheers -

[Liz]

Great images Rob :thumbsup::thumbsup:
You do amazingly well with just the camera and zoom!!

[Matt Wastell]

Good work Rob!
Comet-man!

[Rob_K]

Thanks Liz & Matt for your comments!



Ooh nooo, only one of them on this forum...:prey2::prey2::prey2: ;) :)

Cheers -