Holmes has a tail

Albeit a rather faint one. Here's my first preliminary result from
tonights session (29th) - a 45 minute exposure (9x5min @ ISO 800)
stacked and contrast stretched. It shows a number of faint structures
heading away from the coma to the upper right. When I've had some
sleep, I'll reprocess and annotate the image.

http://www.digitalsky.org.uk/comets/...x5mins_800.jpg
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Pete Lawrence
http://www.digitalsky.org.uk

"Pete Lawrence" wrote in message
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Albeit a rather faint one. Here's my first preliminary result from
tonights session (29th) - a 45 minute exposure (9x5min @ ISO 800)
stacked and contrast stretched. It shows a number of faint structures
heading away from the coma to the upper right. When I've had some
sleep, I'll reprocess and annotate the image.

http://www.digitalsky.org.uk/comets/...x5mins_800.jpg
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Pete Lawrence
http://www.digitalsky.org.uk

You're not the Pete Lawrence originally from Ore in Hastings, born in the
mid 60s are you ?

On Tue, 30 Oct 2007 08:06:55 -0000, "Manky Badger"
wrote:


"Pete Lawrence" wrote in message
.. .
Albeit a rather faint one. Here's my first preliminary result from
tonights session (29th) - a 45 minute exposure (9x5min @ ISO 800)
stacked and contrast stretched. It shows a number of faint structures
heading away from the coma to the upper right. When I've had some
sleep, I'll reprocess and annotate the image.

http://www.digitalsky.org.uk/comets/...x5mins_800.jpg
--
Pete Lawrence
http://www.digitalsky.org.uk

You're not the Pete Lawrence originally from Ore in Hastings, born in the
mid 60s are you ?

Correct - I'm not

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Pete Lawrence
http://www.digitalsky.org.uk

Pete Lawrence wrote in
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http://www.digitalsky.org.uk


Nice work as always Pete.

~~~
Ian

Fantastic Pete!

Last nigh, looking through my 10 inch Dob, I thought I noticed a
rather
broad tail but I did not see that structure through my light polluted
skies!

As the moon gets farther & farther away, I'm sure the view will be
better!

"eddie" wrote in message
ups.com...
Fantastic Pete!

Last nigh, looking through my 10 inch Dob, I thought I noticed a
rather
broad tail but I did not see that structure through my light polluted
skies!

As the moon gets farther & farther away, I'm sure the view will be
better!

I suppose that what tail there is at that distance from the Sun is not going
to be too long visibly as it can't be too far off streaming away from us,
considering the relative positions of Sun, Earth and Comet.

Manky Badger wrote:

"Pete Lawrence" wrote in message
...
Albeit a rather faint one. Here's my first preliminary result from
tonights session (29th) - a 45 minute exposure (9x5min @ ISO 800)
stacked and contrast stretched. It shows a number of faint structures
heading away from the coma to the upper right. When I've had some
sleep, I'll reprocess and annotate the image.

http://www.digitalsky.org.uk/comets/...x5mins_800.jpg
--
Pete Lawrence
http://www.digitalsky.org.uk

You're not the Pete Lawrence originally from Ore in Hastings, born in the
mid 60s are you ?

Are you not the Manky Badger from St Genevois prison in
Illinois?