Hearty Hartley

[astronobob (Bob)]

Hi all astro-lianos; being new to the forum and with no current astro images due to weather, here is an attempt of 103p Hartley 2 from the 3rd Nov. Skippy sky had one night clear out west and I was hungry for this Comet, so literally dropped everything, packed the gear, 3hr drive to Leyburn and went for it.
This Image was taken @ 1:42 aest, approx 36hrs prior closest approach of the EPOXI Spacecraft mission encounter, Hartley was near 45* alt, seeing was great, 8/10.
Scope: SW ED100 F/9 on the Heq5p mount,
Image: 400D, 900sec or 15mins, ICNR, WB A3, ISO 800, autoguided, Processed with PS3.
Large coma and a hint of tail toward 10:30 ! Hope you like .


http://i773.photobucket.com/albums/y...tos/Wb0002.jpg

[multiweb (Marc)]

Lovely shot. Very nice colors and a beautiful field.

[mswhin63 (Malcolm)]

What a lovely shot, last night i was hoping to capture till the clouds prevented this. Well done Bob

[astronobob (Bob)]

Thanx Marc & Malcolm. Its been a while between good bright comets, so I was quite happy to finally capture Hartley as the weather wasnt being very cooperative here in SE Qld, still isn't, Lol. Looking much better for some astro the last week of Dec and into Jan tho, praying profusely , , , : )

[Matt Wastell (Matt)]

Hi Bob - great image and colours - how did you get in any images in SE Qld? A miracle in itself!!!!!