[tilbrook@rbe.ne (Justin Tilbrook)]

Originally Posted by gregbradley

Great shot.

Comets often have 2 tails. One is the water vapour/carbon dioxide trail the other an ion trail which blows from the solar wind which may be at a different angle to the tractory of the comet.

Greg.

Thanks Greg!

Thanks for the answer too.

Originally Posted by Astroman

Thanks for the info Justin. I noticed you have little egg stars also, must be difficult tracking near the pole.

Yep, a but of a bugger around the pole!

Didn't have time to use the auto guider on this one, unexpected guests turned up. I used it on the previous image with the ED80 and it worked well. Needed to aquire on achenar, then swing back the comet.

Cheers,

Justin.