Comet Garradd and Messier 71

[NickH]

Comet C2009 Garradd alongside Messier 15

TMB105 F6.2/Atik 4000CCD

Imaged in narrowband OIII/SII/HA and CLS lum layer

approx 4 hours total integration time

SD and median combined in two layers

Maxim DL processed and composited

[George]

Cracking image Nick love the M71 backdrop

[Pingster]

Amazing! Myslef and swamp thin saw tgis visually in our 16in dobs at x200 mag. We suspected the tail was pointing as shown in your image. Seeing this photo helps me confirm what i saw! Excellent work xD

[RogerTheDodger]

Super image

[steppenwolf]

Excellent, a nice combination and well composited

[Porl]

wow:D that is awesome!! Very cool and smooth glow around the comet.

This is something i've not even bothered to look at, im definetly going to start trying to find it next time im out with the scope

Porl''

[cloudbuster]

one of the best garradd images that i have yet seen!

[foundaplanet]

Superb image. Really like it..

[Willarnold]

WOW cracking shot!!

[scarecrow]

Great shot you have there

[AndyUK]

This is absolutely beautiful - A shot in a lifetime... Superb!

[Black Knight]

Really nice image. Excellent stuff

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[prokyon]

Wow, great work!

[peter shah]

another super shot nick....love the way the tail looks like its going through 71

[fatwoul]

Fantastic, Nick. I'm sure the answer to this is obvious, but how do you stack narrowbands of a rapidly moving object such as a comet?

[NickH]

I use median combine on the comet, tracking/stacking on the nucleus, then a simple SD combine on the star field, and composite the comet back in

[fatwoul]

Thanks Nick.

[ollypenrice]

Truly splendid, Nick. Really impressive.

Olly

[Coco]

Outstanding , perfectly timed.. Bravo

[jgs001]

Excellent, and very well put together

[BobinKy]

The color of the comet really draws me in. Thank you for sharing.

[ScubaMike]

Great combination Nick,

was it planned to capture both? or was it serindipity that M71 was there?

[NickH]

Planned

[wcgucfa]

Nick,

Congratulations on having your image of Garradd and M71

published in Sky and Telescope magazine, November edition!!

An effort well deserved, indeed!

Bill

[NickH]

Thank you, yes ...they called a few weeks back asking, and it's a real honour to get an image in S&T