Comet Garradd 31st August

[jjjnettie (Jeanette)]

Clear skies!! almost, but I'm pretty good at dodging clouds.
Tossed all my subs into DSS and came out with this.
41minutes of data, a mix of 10min and 3min shots all @ ISO 800
No darks, no flats

[Quark (Trevor)]

Looking good Jeanette, arrrrrr cloud dodging you say, certainly a prerequisite for all astro imagers.

Well done
Cheers
Trevor

[jakob]

Very nice JJJ,
nice colours, well done!

Keep em comming:thumbsu p:

[Alchemy (Clive)]

That was the first really imageable comet in a while, hope we get another soon. Good one for the collection of images

[SkyViking (Rolf)]

Beautiful, I really like the soft green colour.

[anthony.tony]

S0me nice tail there-Tony

[Liz]

Beautiful image jjj.

[Lester]

Very nice view of Garradd, thanks JJ.

[Paul Haese]

Looks great JJJ.

[Shiraz (Ray)]

That is a beautiful image. Regards Ray

[MortonH]

Hi,

What equipment was used for this shot?

Morton

[hotspur (Chris)]

Looks good,how do you get the auto guiding so good.

[jjjnettie (Jeanette)]

Thanks everyone.
The camera was the Canon 550D.
Scope SW ED80
Mount HEQ5Pro
Guiding using the little finder guider we made up the other weekend.
http://www.iceinspace.com.au/forum/s...ad.php?t=79053
It's working a right treat. No flexure and no problems finding guide stars....yet.
Guide cam Phillips spc900

[batema (Mark)]

Looks great. Could some one tell me how to find this comet if I'm going to have a crack tomorrow night and what time does it come up???? How is our scam JJJ.

Thanks Mark

[jjjnettie (Jeanette)]

Originally Posted by batema

Looks great. Could some one tell me how to find this comet if I'm going to have a crack tomorrow night and what time does it come up???? How is our scam JJJ.

Thanks Mark

I don't know if I should share this with you or not Mark.....
but out of the goodness of my heart I will.
http://www.rasnz.org.nz/Comets/2011Garradd.htm

I'll be posting a nice wide field pic later this evening, that should help too.

[batema (Mark)]

Thanks

[firstlight (Tony)]

Hey Mark, if you know where the Coathanger is, then you can find the comet. Very close Saturday night.

[firstlight (Tony)]

Some screen shots.
first 2 are tomorrow night, the last is Saturday... I should get a guide star here

[M54 (Molly)]

Lovely shot JJJ.

I saw it last Saturday night at the ASV's dark sky site, through a 25 inch scope.

[sungrazer (Karen)]

Lovely shot - congratulations
Karen