Comet Elenin c/2010 X1

[anthony.tony]

Hello I got a shot of Elenin last night at about 7.30pm from Canowindra .In Costellation of Virgo.Very Low on Horizon when Shot from Backyard. in Town.About 211 secs Exposure Raw Format-ISO-800.I got This Green dot .Reguard's Tony-Just Adding The Scope was a 90mm x621 F/6.9 Williams optics-scope Canon 450D Modded.primefocus.

[jjjnettie]

I can see a tail as well!! :D
Nice one Tony. Thanks for sharing.

[Leonid Elenin]

Yes, I can see tail also. Great! And very nice color :)

[anthony.tony]

Yes I think when I move my Head from side to side and Pivot my laptop Screen up and down I can pick a tail too.I'm Glad Both you can pick it I thought I was only imagining it Thank's Very much --Tony

[Ross G]

Great capture Tony.


Ross.

[gregbradley]

2 comets around at once. That's great.

A good capture.

How do you find out where it is?

Greg.

[anthony.tony]

Hello I have Starry Nights with Comet and Asteroid Updates that has most Comets in its Database .Click on comets in the Planets pallette and click on the comet you want it takes you to it. Tony - I still have to use 80mm Bino's and 100mm bino's to see if I can spot it .The Line up the Star group it's in with my Finder scope.Then line thngs up in the main telescopes.Tony