8/P Tuttle

[rogerg (Roger)]

G'day all,

The telescope's been collecting dust for the last 3 or more weeks as I haven't felt like doing much astronomy. But yesterday I got an email from an astronomer in the northern hemisphere needing data of this comet. So I brushed off the dust and started 'er up.

I spent about an hour out there. I was pleased at how easy this comet is to photograph, even with a bit of a gusty breeze and so on.

Not much to see in this image, bit of a ... dot! and that's it really. I would guess that the tail direction was NE (2 o'clock-ish).

The gaps in the trail are RGB shots I took but haven't included (just doing this bit of processing quickly before going to work).

Enjoy

I'll be taking photo's of it for the next few days I expect.

Roger.

[Terry B]

I took a pick of this last night also but it is at home unprocessed. I took a single 5 min exposure. It is moving pretty quickly and is streaked in just 5 mins. I'll post it when I get home.

[Terry B]

one single 5 min exposure that shows lots of movement. You have stacked yours very well.

[rogerg (Roger)]

Roughly what focal length is that taken at Terry? Even with the trailing of the comet it's nice all the same

[Outbackmanyep]

Originally Posted by Terry B

one single 5 min exposure that shows lots of movement. You have stacked yours very well.

Nice wisp of a tail going there Terry, post it to ASV Comet section!

asvcometsection@yahoogroups.com

I'm sure they'll be interested to see that!
I have been keeping my images to 2 mins Max.

Cheers!

[Terry B]

Originally Posted by rogerg

Roughly what focal length is that taken at Terry? Even with the trailing of the comet it's nice all the same

It was taken at prime focus on my VC200L. Focal length is 1800mm. The field size is 42 x 28 arcmins

[h0ughy (David)]

nice going gentlemen - 2007 was certainly a year for comets - and to have this continuing into 2008 is great. Enjoying the images keep the quality coming