Comet Garradd 31st August

[jjjnettie]

Clear skies!! almost, but I'm pretty good at dodging clouds. :)
Tossed all my subs into DSS and came out with this.
41minutes of data, a mix of 10min and 3min shots all @ ISO 800
No darks, no flats

[Quark]

Looking good Jeanette, arrrrrr cloud dodging you say, certainly a prerequisite for all astro imagers.

Well done
Cheers
Trevor

[jakob]

Very nice JJJ,
nice colours, well done!

Keep em comming:thumbsup::thumbsup::thumbsu p:

[Alchemy]

That was the first really imageable comet in a while, hope we get another soon. Good one for the collection of images

[SkyViking]

Beautiful, I really like the soft green colour.

[anthony.tony]

S0me nice tail there-Tony

[Liz]

Beautiful image jjj. :thumbsup:

[Lester]

Very nice view of Garradd, thanks JJ.

[Paul Haese]

:thumbsup: Looks great JJJ.

[Shiraz]

That is a beautiful image. Regards Ray

[MortonH]

Hi,

What equipment was used for this shot?

Morton

[hotspur]

Looks good,how do you get the auto guiding so good.

[jjjnettie]

Thanks everyone.
The camera was the Canon 550D.
Scope SW ED80
Mount HEQ5Pro
Guiding using the little finder guider we made up the other weekend.
http://www.iceinspace.com.au/forum/showthread.php?t=79053
It's working a right treat. No flexure and no problems finding guide stars....yet.
Guide cam Phillips spc900

[batema]

Looks great. Could some one tell me how to find this comet if I'm going to have a crack tomorrow night and what time does it come up???? How is our scam JJJ.

Thanks Mark

[jjjnettie]

I don't know if I should share this with you or not Mark.....
but out of the goodness of my heart I will.
http://www.rasnz.org.nz/Comets/2011Garradd.htm

I'll be posting a nice wide field pic later this evening, that should help too.

[batema]

Thanks

[firstlight]

Hey Mark, if you know where the Coathanger is, then you can find the comet. Very close Saturday night.

[firstlight]

Some screen shots.
first 2 are tomorrow night, the last is Saturday... I should get a guide star here :lol:

[M54]

Lovely shot JJJ.:thumbsup:

I saw it last Saturday night at the ASV's dark sky site, through a 25 inch scope. :eyepop:

[sungrazer]

Lovely shot - congratulations
Karen

[Gendo]

This is one of the best I've seen of this comet so far.