Comet 103P Hartley 2 - Oct 17th 2010

[NickH]

Comet 103P - Oct 17th to Oct 18th - 23:00UT to 01:00

60 x CLS (30s)

60 x HA (30s)

60 x OIII (30s)

Median and then SD combined into star field

Atik 4000 CCD

Rotational Gradient da 0.0, dR 12.0 composite into main image

Video link also attached

[Coco]

Looks amazing... am hooked..

[madjohn]

Nice one Nick!

[brianb]

Truly excellent Nick!

[NickH]

Thank you!

[madjohn]

Just to let you know that Nick's has got his picture of comet Hartley on the front page of Spaceweather.com.

Congratulations again Nick on a great image!

John

See spaceweather.com October 18th

[NickH]

Thanks John. I've had 4 SWPOD's this week, and NASA/Nat Geo have used it as well.. been a cracking week, and one I won't forget in a hurry!

[The Sailor]

Just looked at the site, well done Nick. Spent 5+ hours outside last night, the moon prevented a lot of detail but I persevered and just after 0100 I was able to track Hartley 2 down but to me it was a smudge, I decided not to try for photos as the dew was getting worse . Al in all a good night viewing.

Jim

[NickH]

Nice one Jim...it's rewarding to see it though!