Comet Lovejoy wide field view in Taurus and Perseus

[Whitters]

A single 5 minute exposure.
Canon 450D and Canon f1.4 50mm lens stopped down to f4. ISO 800

[MarkS]

Looks excellent.  Is that the Californian Nebula also in the picture?

A rare image from Whitters!

Mark

[Carole]

Great perspective.

Carole

[Whitters]

Hi Mark, yes it is the California nebulae. I only managed to get a couple of decent images as the lens kept dewing up. The dew heaters are in the observatory and I can't open the roof with my broken wrist. So I used my 30 year old Super Polaris mount to drive the camera and Jeanette's hair dryer to clear the lens between shots.

[The Thing]

Excellent, love the nebula, a real bonus. There may be a bit of deja vu when I process my last nights subs!

[Kenny]

Great photo. So many stars. Lots of detail.

[JohnP]

Hi Paul,

Great image & nice to see a picture from you - the first in a while.. Lovely composition as well...

John

[MarkS]

The dew heaters are in the observatory and I can't open the roof with my broken wrist.

Broken wrist?!  How did you manage that?  Hope you make a quick recovery.

I got my own hair dryer as a Christmas present to live in the observatory

Mark

[Whitters]

I broke my scaphoid in my left hand back in October when I fell off my bike. But I didn't realise it was broken until the end of November. Its been in a cast since then. I'm waiting on my CT scan results.

[RobertM]

Sorry to hear that Paul, I hope you're fully recovered soon.  At leat you've managed to get a good images, hope that wasn't too painful.

Mark, I didn't figure you as the hairdresser type ! 

[MarkS]

Mark, I didn't figure you as the hairdresser type ! 

Maybe I could turn the obsy into a salon on cloudy nights!

Mark

[The Thing]

I got my own hair dryer as a Christmas present to live in the observatory

Mark

As Robert said, having become a hairdresser is Dee making you live in the observatory? I think we should be told.

[Fay]

Great Paul, i was going to do this FOV as a normal image , you got the comet as well!

[RobertM]

I got my own hair dryer as a Christmas present to live in the observatory

Mark

As Robert said, having become a hairdresser is Dee making you live in the observatory? I think we should be told.

We'll know when the white auto Audi TT turns up

[Whitters]

A stack of three five min exposures