Machholz by moonlight

Was the comet a naked eye object under full moonlight this evening
nearing Taurus ??

Canon 300D image for Dec 28 at

http://home.freeuk.com/m.gavin/digsky.htm

Was the comet a naked eye object under full moonlight this evening
nearing Taurus ??


Nice images Maurice. Yes, the comet has been in Taurus for a couple days =
now.

-Florian

On Tue, 28 Dec 2004 16:32:10 -0800, "Florian"
wrote:

Was the comet a naked eye object under full moonlight this evening
nearing Taurus ??


Nice images Maurice. Yes, the comet has been in Taurus for a couple days =
now.

-Florian

Thanks - added a preliminary comet spectrum at

http://home.freeuk.com/m.gavin/digsky.htm

Maurice,

Thanks for posting the comet photos.

Just wondering, have you tried shooting at lower ISO? I realize this
would increase the required exposure time, but it might reduce the
"graininess" in the photos.

-- Mark

Great picture. What kind of diffraction setup were you using to
generate the spectrum? - Canopus56

On 29 Dec 2004 11:12:43 -0800, "canopus56"
wrote:

Great picture. What kind of diffraction setup were you using to
generate the spectrum? - Canopus56


see http://home.freeuk.com/m.gavin/digspectra.htm

On 29 Dec 2004 06:03:43 -0800, wrote:

Maurice,

Thanks for posting the comet photos.

Just wondering, have you tried shooting at lower ISO? I realize this
would increase the required exposure time, but it might reduce the
"graininess" in the photos.

-- Mark
The images are a stack of 30s exposures [max possible via self-timer]
and I still learning g.