Comet 2005 L3 McNaught

[johnh]

SPX350 F4.53, ATK-16HR, Astrodon luminance.

Caught this by accident trying to get the M94 outer halo with 5min subs bin2x2, thought it was an internal reflection until it moved and looked its position up and eventually found an old comet C/2005 L3 McNaught. In 2007-9 it reached 13.9mag but now at 17th mag this little thing has a small tail and is 657million miles away.

Taken 8.3.10 - 0033-0124hrs.

M94's outer halo shows faintly and a few edge on galaxies around as well. The comet has probably ruined the image though but never mind.

Flickr Photo Download: avi-comet C 2005 L3 McNaught

Thanks, JohnH.

[qcdougn]

John, nice image and great surprise catch of the comet too. The animation shows the comet movement very well.

Doug

[DarkerSky]

The comet has probably ruined the image though but never mind.

QUOTE]

Just think of it as a unique capture John. You wont have that opportunity again, whereas you will with M94

I really like it

[Space Bat]

That is a novel image and well worth submitting - pretty unique

[johnh]

Thanks for looking, here is a comet stacked image showing this little interloper.

JohnH.

[Beyond_Vision]

It's a real lovely bonus I would call it:)

It's nice to see a solar system object in the same frame as a DSO

Regards

Kevin

[Jaffa007]

Have to agree, that's a bonus catch in deed!! :-)

[NickH]

Fantastic catch!

[Ant]

Now that is an excellent catch - completely unique and one you'll probably never get again.

Fantastic.

Ant

[Taff]

Hi John' that's a nice capture at that distance.Mark