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bkm2304
20-05-2010, 12:48 AM
Taken over the last few days. McNaught (mag 15.5) is faint but motoring - look at change in position after only half an hour. Wild has a nice stellar centre and coma present. Gstar Ex @ full integration - 100 frames for each McNaught and 157 frames for Wild.

Richard
alexch
20-05-2010, 12:53 AM
Nice capture and it is certainly moving fast!
Thanks for sharing,
Alex
h0ughy
20-05-2010, 07:45 AM
are these the first comet images from the new setup Richard?
Quark
20-05-2010, 10:41 AM
Well done Richard,

Great to see some comet images again.

Regards
Trevor
bkm2304
20-05-2010, 11:23 AM
Thanks guys. H0ughy, The new rig is settling in now and I'm looking forward to doing some methodical comet searching. The dome is rotating very smoothly - it was quite rough and cantankerous for a bit. The SBIG camera will be set up on the scope and I'm hoping to get about 50 mins of arc FOV. I feel very privelaged and fortunate to be able to have the set up I could only dream about for the past 43 years. June 10 1967 I received a 1" Tasco slide focus telescope as a birthday present and was hooked! So, from 1 square inch to 380 sq inches grew at a rate of 8.8 sq inches per year!!!;)

Richard