Comet Garradd/c2009P1

[tornado33]

Hi all
After seeing it visually with the Newcastle Astronomical Society's 12 inch dob at a veiwing night near my place on Wednesday night I imaged it the following night.

I used my ironically named "Cometracker" meade 6 inch f3.6 SN.
10x5 mins ISO400. UV/IR filter, MPCC Baader Coma Corrector. Modded 350D camera.

I could not see it visually with my 8x50 finder from my place, was easy with the 12 inch in nearby Brickworks Park the previous night.
Scott

[Lester]

Very nice view of the comet Scott. Thanks.

[TinyBlueDot]

Thanks for showing your pic Scott

just a newbie question on the star trials: is that the distance they've travelled over a 5 minute period, relative to the comet? You took 10 x 5 min. shots: do these get superimposed to create the final image? Pardon me for asking; I'm trying to get used to all the lingo/processes for all this new digital imaging........I'm still stuck in the old film days :P
So it's a 5 minute 'effective' trail, not a 50 min. one, yes?

Also, the shot shows me I had seen it last night through my 4.5" tiddler...I remember the bright star just off to the side :)

Cheers
John

[jjjnettie]

Thanks for the view Scott. :)

[anthony.tony]

Nice work.