How to image a comet without trying.....

[Carole]

Comet 41P/Tuttle-Giacobini-Kresak

Was trying to find a galaxy in Ursa Major I fancied doing on Friday, and the GOTO did not find it, so I slewed around a bit and found a fuzzy, which was smaller than I expected but thought that must be it.

So decided to turn it into an animation, though having imaged it with a mono camera in LRBG it is only in B&W.
600sec luminance subs and 300sec binned RGB subs so image quality and shape of comet is variable.

Apparently it has no tail. 

[doug]

Very well done, Carole. Brilliant video of the comet.

[Carole]

Thanks Doug

[The Thing]

Yoohoo! It's alive! Nice one Carole.

[Carole]

Thanks Duncan

Carole

[Fay]

Really good Carole!   

[Carole]

Thanks Fay, I just think it's funny that I did not intend to image the comet.

Carole

[MarkS]

Nice result!  That comet must be reasonably bright.

Mark

[Carole]

Thanks Mark, so it's not the one you tried to image then?

[Hugh]

Was talking to my neighbours yesterday and praising the efforts of the astro-techy-photo members of the society and had great pleasure in showing them this movie.  They were really impressed ~ as was I.  This sort of thing really makes it fun for me.  Thanks.

Hugh

[Carole]

Thanks Hugh.

Carole

[MarkS]

Thanks Mark, so it's not the one you tried to image then?

Mine was 45P/Honda