GLP Observatory Image of Comet ISON!!!! *Yet Another Improved Version Available on Page 1

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Wow Dr. Astro that is so beautiful. So tell me, is ISON still a mediocre comet to you?

That is probably the best image of ISON I've seen so far,and I've seen allot of them, I'd put this right up there with Adam Block's October 8 one. Would GLP consider posting this on Spaceweather.com?

Anyways I'm betting that's a telescope you're going to miss right? LOL-

Can't do justice to the full resolution version available in the link in the OP, but here's a smilie version of the image.
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Thanks man! The "RCX400 Max Mount" here is a pre-Meade lawsuit model, with a serial number in the single digits. One of the first.
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I still like to call her by her original name. And yes, it's a STL-1001E. NABG indeed, but it doesn't intrude too badly in this image I think.

A lot of people have been asking for the GLP observatory to image comet ISON, so I made a trip up here last night in order to capture an image of ISON with the main 20" RCX400 telescope. It came out even better than I expected; it turned out that ISON went right by spiral galaxy NGC 3429 (as well as a bunch of other distant background galaxies) from an earth-based point of view this morning. I captured it in color by using two of the observatory's telescopes simultaneously; one recording in color at lower angular resolution and slower cadence, and the main 20" telescope recording in monochrome for the maximum angular resolution and sensitivity possible.
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Enjoy!

*Actually, Simbad lists the galaxy as NGC 3428, SkySafari lists it as both NGC 3429 and NGC 3428, but the former seems to be an error in SkySafari's database.

Florida.

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That tail is fucking humongous, it's got to cause some disruption if it survives it's close encounter with the Sun.

Beautiful photo!

Is this comet still likely to put on a spectacular show like first thought, or is it gonna be a dud?