ASTRO: Comet Lovejoy

City lights and a full moon didn't allow for a deep image of comet Lovejoy
in the night of May 3 to May 4, especially as 15 seconds was the maximum
exposure time I could do without the comet showing trailing.
Not really a spectacular object, but I had to image it because of the nice
name ;-)

Taken from the middle of Berlin with an 8" SCT at f/6.5, G11 mount, SXV-H9
camera, 36x15seconds.

The picture can also be found at
http://ccd-astronomy.de/temp/Lovejoy36x15sgut.jpg

Stefan

Stefan Lilge wrote:

City lights and a full moon didn't allow for a deep image of comet
Lovejoy in the night of May 3 to May 4, especially as 15 seconds was the
maximum exposure time I could do without the comet showing trailing.
Not really a spectacular object, but I had to image it because of the
nice name ;-)

Taken from the middle of Berlin with an 8" SCT at f/6.5, G11 mount,
SXV-H9 camera, 36x15seconds.

The picture can also be found at
http://ccd-astronomy.de/temp/Lovejoy36x15sgut.jpg

Stefan

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First shot of it showing a hint of a tail that I've seen. When the moon
was out of the way clouds rolled in before it got high enough to image.
Now it's nothing but clouds -- little rain -- the drought continues.
But very high wind is knocking down trees, one just missed the garage
we just built.

Rick
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Correct domain name is arvig and it is net not com. Prefix is correct.
Third character is a zero rather than a capital "Oh".

"Stefan Lilge" wrote

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Stefan,

I had great hopes for this one. Maybe it will go into outburst. Perhaps
you can do a "movie" using your sub-exposures?

Not really a spectacular object, but I had to image it because of the
nice
name ;-)

Ya....... You gotta "love" that comet!

George N