Lovejoy's Close Encounter with ET

[Space Ranger]

Couldn't resist having a go at catching this.....

Comet Lovejoy near to the ET (or Owl) cluster.

Unfortunately in my rush to get an few image before the moon lit up the sky I didn't get the focus as good as I would have liked, and the breezy conditions meant my setup was getting buffeted a bit. I might have to have another go at this target later this week if the weather permits.

[The image is a single 60s exposure (Canon 650D; f/5.6; ISO1600; 400mm equiv FL) on a Star Adventurer mount.]

[Stu]

Very nice . Was looking at exactly this earlier with the binos, glad you got an image

[Space Ranger]

Thanks BigMakStutov. Got some clear skies last night (albeit a little hazy), so had to give it another try......

I'm much happier with this one.

[happy-kat]

Like that one.

Happy days for me I caught the what I now know is the Owl Cluster too though no where near the same level of detail.

[Space Ranger]

Like that one.

Happy days for me I caught the what I now know is the Owl Cluster too though no where near the same level of detail.

Thanks happy-kat. I should probably have said that the reference to ET was in relation to the cluster on the left side of the image. It is NGC457, which is also known as Caldwell 13, the ET cluster or the Owl cluster.

[Pete Presland]

Nice capture good to see Lovejoy still getting some attention.