Comet Elenin - 2 Sept.

[JohnG]

Hi all, been a while since I posted anything, here is a shot of C/2010 X1 Elenin, taken around 1855 tonight.

Only managed 5 x 2 minutes @ -20c, ST8300C OSC. Comet was setting fast in the western sky and was disappearing into the Zodiacal Light which was quite bright from this location, telescope was almost horizontal. A couple of faint galaxies are visible in the upper right.

Takahashi FSQ-106ED.

Cheers

[jjjnettie]

Love those little galaxies you nabbed too.
Great capture!
extreme imaging by the sounds of it. :)

[t.i.w.]

so...is it breaking up?

[Rob_K]

Great shot John, can see you coming over to the green side! ;)



You'd need Hubble to tell that at the moment with certainty t.i.w. But the nucleus is elongating which is a good sign that it is, and the comet is dimming quite fast (around two magnitudes in the last two weeks). :thumbsup:

Cheers -

[Liz]

Great image John. :thumbsup: Nice to see the comet hanging around for a bit longer.

Alas, still havent seen it, as quite low in the west, so dragged scope down to the back road last night = instant large amount of cloud in the west!!:sadeyes: .... always tonight. :rolleyes:

[JohnG]

Thanks all.

I pushed the brightness way up to see if there was any form of tail.

Cheers

[desler]

I think you've done brilliantly there John. Very difficult so low in the west. Well done.

Darren

[anthony.tony]

Graet work -tony

[Leonid Elenin]

Wonderful, thanks!

[CometGuy]

This is a great image John, given how low down it is. The fact that it is still green is interesting...

Terry

[Ross G]

Hi John,

A brilliant capture.

Thanks.

Ross.