Comet Garrad

[jjjnettie]

Comet Garrad passing the Globular Cluster M15
7 x 2min subs @ iso1600
Canon 550D through an ED80

I shot this through heavy fog while dodging clouds. Grateful to have even 14 minutes of data.

[Lester]

Very nice image JJ, thanks for the view.

[h0ughy]

thats pretty darn good

[SkyViking]

Beautiful!

[Liz]

Woohoo, worth the late night jjj!! :thumbsup:

[leon]

Beautiful capture JJJ, might have a try at this one myself.

Leon

[RickS]

That's a great combo, JJJ!

[Matt Wastell]

Great pic! I was not aware of this comet - thanks for the view!!!

[DavidU]

Excellent image ! I'm glad you made the effort.:thumbsup:

[mswhin63]

Excellent image :thumbsup:

[cookie8]

Great double! I am not aware the comet was so close to an M object. Thanks for posting

[Gem]

Great pic. Nice combo and did well to capture both. :)

[paulF]

Wow, what an effort!!! Good stuff :thumbsup:

[Quark]

A most excellent combination Jeanette, I think having M15 in there as well really constructs a very interesting field, sort of adds balance.

Regards
Trevor

[M54]

That's a great duet JJJ. The contrast between the two looks good.
:)

[Peter Ward]

To be frank, I was expecting....well....Python fans would understand if I said another gondoliear :)

Clicked on the image link, and thought, hey, now that is cool!

Nicely done :thumbsup:

[astroron]

Great stuff JJJ,:eyepop: It looked great in the 16" with the 55mm lens :)
That one is for the wall jjj :thumbsup:

[Neil]

Well done JJ,thats a really good capture with M15 and the comet in the same frame, good stuff, luv it. Neil.:):)http://www.iceinspace.com.au/forum/images/icons/icon14.gif

[jjjnettie]

Other close passes coming up
10 of august garrad passing ngc 7006 (globular cluster)
20th august ic4997 though this planetary will only show as a star.
27th august m71 and H20 (harvard 20 open cluster)

These are only approx. (I cross referenced from only 2 sources) so it would be worth while taking a look a day before or after as well.

[jjjnettie]

Some more close approaches derived in CdC using the latest elements from MPC:

47' from NGC7042 Aug 7
43' from NGC7036 Aug 8
55' from NGC7006 Aug 10 as noted by jjj
76' from IC4997 Aug 20 as noted by jjj
14' from M71 Aug 27 as noted by jjj just before dawn
42' from NGC6802 Sep 2
passes though Cr399 Sep 3
35' from NGC6587 Sep 29 and about half a dozen other NGC objects over the following few days
10' from NGC6408 Oct 29 just after sunset

Then we lose it into daylight until April 2012.

Andrew

[DavidU]

Kewl as !

[Derek Klepp]

Great capture

[jjjnettie]

I'm glad you pushed me into going out to capture the comet David. Thanks. :D

[Robh]

JJJ. Great shot together with M15.
Saw it myself for the first time last night. Very bright.

Regards, Rob

[Ross G]

Great photo Jeanette,

I am amazed at how well you've got the comet to stand out.

Thanks.


Ross.

[paulF]

Checkout the APOD image of yesterday :)

http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap110806.html

Cheers

[Ric]

What a great image Jeanette, you have captured it perfectly.

[ballaratdragons]

jj, fantastic shot, and thanks for the list of where it will be: http://www.iceinspace.com.au/forum/showpost.php?p=751039&postcount=19

[asimov]

:eyepop:Oh boy, that is damned NICE JJJ!

[RobF]

Remarkable shot really JJJ. Great work!! :thumbsup:

[rogerg]

Great shot! Nicely framed, good exposure.

[gregbradley]

A great image JJ. Nicely caught.

Greg.

[FlashDrive]

Good capture Nettie .... nice shot :thumbsup: