Comet Jacques 2014 video

[Carl Reade]

Hi here's a video taken last year of this wanderer. Details on video. Something a bit different

[nightvision]

Wow! great stuff Carl, movement showing up real-time; is that usual (for comets) in such a short exposure or was that speeded up?

[Carl Reade]

Hi Tony no not usual. It was an experiment I thought I would try. The video was taken with a LN300 camera attached to a Skywatcher 150p. Once I found it I let the scope track the stars for 15 minutes while recording hopefully to show movement. To get this it had to be speeded up X 64! It was over exposed to see if I could get a bit of tail but failed but worked quite well.

[Spacedout]

Great video Carl amazing to watch