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Comet Lovejoy From My Scope This Morning 12-12-13!!(Updated processed pics) | |
Neptune Fabricator  User ID: 46668756  United States12/12/2013 06:53 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Got up about 4:30am this morning and had to rush and make coffee and set up the scope. Also had some problems getting aligned. I think it was too low for my scope when I started and messed up the alignment some how who knows. One of those mornings...lol. Anyways I did get a few pictures before sunrise. The pics. are single exposures. I may try to stack some images later. [link to i1297.photobucket.com] [link to i1297.photobucket.com] Third pic is a reference pic of the comet and of light pollution. [link to i1297.photobucket.com] Quoting: sreglof23 beautiful capture of it nice work ~ ! Great picts.  ... ...Your Own Personal Jesus... |
| Anonymous Coward User ID: 46813305 United States12/12/2013 06:54 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Thanks OP :) Great pics!! C/2011 W3 (Lovejoy) was the suicidal comet that was dead then reappeared. The current C/2013 R1 Lovejoy is [link to en.wikipedia.org] "By 1 November 2013 the comet was visible to the naked eye near the Beehive Cluster (M44), about halfway between Jupiter and Regulus. It became more impressive than comet ISON. In binoculars, the comet has the appearance of a green, unresolved globular cluster. C/2013 R1 made its closest approach to Earth on 19 November 2013 at a distance of 0.3967 AU (59,350,000 km; 36,880,000 mi)." |
| zacksavage User ID: 51460077 United States12/12/2013 06:57 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Thanks OP :) Great pics!! C/2011 W3 (Lovejoy) was the suicidal comet that was dead then reappeared. The current C/2013 R1 Lovejoy is [link to en.wikipedia.org] "By 1 November 2013 the comet was visible to the naked eye near the Beehive Cluster (M44), about halfway between Jupiter and Regulus. It became more impressive than comet ISON. In binoculars, the comet has the appearance of a green, unresolved globular cluster. C/2013 R1 made its closest approach to Earth on 19 November 2013 at a distance of 0.3967 AU (59,350,000 km; 36,880,000 mi)." Year of the Phoenix comets I guess.  Z Free your mind,...your ass will follow. --- parliament funkadelic |
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| Chrewman User ID: 19113594  Switzerland12/12/2013 07:05 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Got up about 4:30am this morning and had to rush and make coffee and set up the scope. Also had some problems getting aligned. I think it was too low for my scope when I started and messed up the alignment some how who knows. One of those mornings...lol. Anyways I did get a few pictures before sunrise. The pics. are single exposures. I may try to stack some images later. [link to i1297.photobucket.com] [link to i1297.photobucket.com] Third pic is a reference pic of the comet and of light pollution. [link to i1297.photobucket.com] Quoting: sreglof23 Sweet! What exposure time did you use? DSLR, CCD? Telenerds wanna know.......... |
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| sreglof23 (OP) User ID: 43379444 United States12/12/2013 07:53 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | 8" Skyview Pro Reflector with a Canon T3 DSLR and a Starshoot Auto Guider Got up about 4:30am this morning and had to rush and make coffee and set up the scope. Also had some problems getting aligned. I think it was too low for my scope when I started and messed up the alignment some how who knows. One of those mornings...lol. Anyways I did get a few pictures before sunrise. The pics. are single exposures. I may try to stack some images later. [link to i1297.photobucket.com] [link to i1297.photobucket.com] Third pic is a reference pic of the comet and of light pollution. [link to i1297.photobucket.com] Quoting: sreglof23 Sweet! What exposure time did you use? DSLR, CCD? Telenerds wanna know.......... |
| Hugh M Eye User ID: 49970192 United States12/12/2013 08:43 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Got up about 4:30am this morning and had to rush and make coffee and set up the scope. Also had some problems getting aligned. I think it was too low for my scope when I started and messed up the alignment some how who knows. One of those mornings...lol. Anyways I did get a few pictures before sunrise. The pics. are single exposures. I may try to stack some images later. [link to i1297.photobucket.com] [link to i1297.photobucket.com] Third pic is a reference pic of the comet and of light pollution. [link to i1297.photobucket.com] Quoting: sreglof23 Now that's a purdy comet! Thanks for posting and all the effort involved. Keep up the great work, friend.  |
| Morpheus User ID: 729560  Canada12/12/2013 08:47 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Got up about 4:30am this morning and had to rush and make coffee and set up the scope. Also had some problems getting aligned. I think it was too low for my scope when I started and messed up the alignment some how who knows. One of those mornings...lol. Anyways I did get a few pictures before sunrise. The pics. are single exposures. I may try to stack some images later. [link to i1297.photobucket.com] [link to i1297.photobucket.com] Third pic is a reference pic of the comet and of light pollution. [link to i1297.photobucket.com] Quoting: sreglof23 Nice work Sreglof23! Been wanting to move my scope outside for some pics also.....too damn cold right now....It would probably take many hours to equalize temperature. |
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