81PWild and c/2009F4 McNaught

bkm2304 (Richard Brown) · #1 20-05-2010, 12:48 AM

Taken over the last few days. McNaught (mag 15.5) is faint but motoring - look at change in position after only half an hour. Wild has a nice stellar centre and coma present. Gstar Ex @ full integration - 100 frames for each McNaught and 157 frames for Wild.

Richard

alexch (Alex) · #2 20-05-2010, 12:53 AM

Nice capture and it is certainly moving fast!
Thanks for sharing,
Alex

h0ughy (David) · #3 20-05-2010, 07:45 AM

are these the first comet images from the new setup Richard?

Quark (Trevor) · #4 20-05-2010, 10:41 AM

Well done Richard,

Great to see some comet images again.

Regards
Trevor

bkm2304 (Richard Brown) · #5 20-05-2010, 11:23 AM

Thanks guys. H0ughy, The new rig is settling in now and I'm looking forward to doing some methodical comet searching. The dome is rotating very smoothly - it was quite rough and cantankerous for a bit. The SBIG camera will be set up on the scope and I'm hoping to get about 50 mins of arc FOV. I feel very privelaged and fortunate to be able to have the set up I could only dream about for the past 43 years. June 10 1967 I received a 1" Tasco slide focus telescope as a birthday present and was hooked! So, from 1 square inch to 380 sq inches grew at a rate of 8.8 sq inches per year!!!

Richard