Lovejoy, Pleiades and Hyades 16 Jan

[MarkS]

Friday night (16 Jan). Comet Lovejoy passes near the Pleiades and Hyades.  35mm lens on Canon 600D at f/4 on a tracking mount. 10 exposures of 5 minutes at ISO 800 stacked together.  Image then cropped.



The tail stretches all the way back to Epsilon Tauri - the star forming the right hand side of the bull's head where Aldebaran is the left hand side.

Mark

[Kenny]

Awesome! Processing my data now... I don't think it is going to be anywhere as good as this...

[Mac]

Very nice

Mac

[Kenny]

Mark. Is it possible to plot multiple Comet sightings onto the same starfield so you can see it's progress through the sky?

[MarkS]

Mark. Is it possible to plot multiple Comet sightings onto the same starfield so you can see it's progress through the sky?

Great idea!  I'll think about that ...