Another Mcnaught Comet

[Darth_Muppet]

Took this last night, my goodness this is motoring!!!

300s subs x 10 ( no filters )

Sorry about the jump, I lost the tracking due to cloud for a few mins....

Details here is anyone wants to locate it:

Comet C/2009 K5 McNaught

[WayBig]

Nice animation, I still expect to see comet tails streaming behind them:)

is this one , and it's tail, bright enough for visual observing?

[neelam]

nice.i think there is a slight trail of shooting star too near the upper left corner.

[Pete Presland]

great shot! just love comets

[Euan]

Amazing stuff this, it's going at some pace isn't it

nice.i think there is a slight trail of shooting star too near the upper left corner.

Hmmm.. a bit slow for something tearing into our atmosphere, slow moving satellite maybe?

[Euan]

Hmmm.. a bit slow for something tearing into our atmosphere, slow moving satellite maybe?

I'm talking rubbish, just noticed what you are talking about

What I was looking at was one of the hot pixels that moved, there are a few of them in there

[moocher]

Nice work Mark!!! I had a quick go myself last night before cloud stopped play, even with 90 sec subs movement was obvious!!! Well atleast i`ve seen it according to its orbital elements its unlikely ever to return......how mind blowing is that!!!!

Alan:D

[Merlin66]

Weather permitting, I'm going to get the spectroscope onto it.

May be a bit of a challenge keeping the coma on the slit......

Ken

[Psychobilly]

Hopin g to get a chance to have a go at trhis myself...

Ken - Could you autoguide off it... I used that trick to image lulin....

Peter...

[Merlin66]

Peter,

If the coma/ head is tight enough then I think PHD may be able to "latch on" to it.... may have to resort to the ol' fashioned crosshair and Mk I eyeball......

Ken

[Psychobilly]

PHD locked onto Lulins head ok when I was trying to image it at high FL through the SCT...

I have also autoguided on planets when trying to image those at long FL's -

Peter...