Comet C2008 A1 McNaught - Updated

peeb61 (Paul) · #1 13-09-2008, 02:43 PM

Greetings,
Joe Perulero and myself Took a wide selection of images of McNaught C2008 C1 during the week (last Wednesday night).

This is one of the images, 2 minutes at 400ISO.
Enjoy
Paul

I did have an AVI of 18 images of this comet but took it down due to the quality, if anyone is interested please PM me and I will email it. Its compressed at 3.8mb.

I've added the total of 18 images and stacked using RegiStax, various exposures and ISO's taken on the same night.

Bloodbean (Troy) · #2 15-09-2008, 07:32 PM

Hi Paul,

Nice shots! Good to see some more pics of this comet. What was the equipment used for these shots? I've had a somewhat difficult time locating it on widefield shots I've taken at 80mm from light polluted skies. Hopefully it gets brighter.

Troy

Matty P (Matt) · #3 15-09-2008, 07:48 PM

Nice shots Paul, well done.

You have done a great job to capture this comet.

peeb61 (Paul) · #4 16-09-2008, 05:02 PM

Thanks Troy and Matty,
I used my Canon 350D at prime focus with a Skywatcher 102 and using an Orion Broadband DSF piggy backed on my trusty polar mounted 10" LX200GPS.

We took a total of 18 images at different ISO's and exposures from 6.40pm to 8.05pm.

This comet is moving pretty fast. The AVI I put together really gives the idea of speed.

Paul

Jen · #5 16-09-2008, 06:41 PM

nice pics
I wish i had my scope when the comet was glowing last year

peeb61 (Paul) · #6 18-09-2008, 06:04 PM

Thanks Jen for your comments, telescopes do help I suppose so do binoculars and this one is visible in 8x30's!

Paul