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Old 11-09-2013, 10:10 AM
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Newly discovered Comet C/2013 R1 Lovejoy

Congratulations to Terry for another terrific comet find!

As soon as I heard the news I knew I had to try for it and soon before the Moon washes out the sky. At magnitude 14.5 I knew it would be a challenge, but it's in a dark part of the sky for me right now and the clouds for the most part let me to it.

This is 72 minutes worth of 3 minute subs at ISO 400 through an SW120 (5" F5) achro refractor, Pentax K-x DSLR, no filters, stacking on the comet, which was very difficult because it's barely visible on individual frames.

Discussion of the Comet here. http://www.iceinspace.com.au/forum/s...d.php?t=111905
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Old 11-09-2013, 10:15 AM
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Wow, well done Kevin!!
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Old 11-09-2013, 10:17 AM
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Great catch.... it is a faint little one....
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Old 11-09-2013, 12:41 PM
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Thanks Liz and Lee. Faint it is, but it will get brighter.
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Old 11-09-2013, 01:27 PM
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Nice Kevin, that's the first color image I've seen - so well done! It should definitely get brighter over the coming months.

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Old 11-09-2013, 01:36 PM
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Thanks Terry. Keep up the good work!
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