Comet Garradd is passing near M15 and increasing in brightness. If your out later in the night you may want to take a look at this. It would be a pretty image as well I believe. -- Jay Eads
Putting it on my list for this Sunday, and thanks for pointing it out! Here's a site I found while googling that has some great images... http://asterisk.apod.com/viewtopic.php?f=29&t=24696 On Thu, Aug 4, 2011 at 10:47 PM, Jay Eads <jayleads@gmail.com> wrote:
Comet Garradd is passing near M15 and increasing in brightness. If your out later in the night you may want to take a look at this. It would be a pretty image as well I believe.
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Thanks for the heads up Jay, The two are too far apart for me to image with my tiny FOV. However, I did take a couple of shots about half an hour apart and mounted them side by side for a stereo view: Unprocessed, raw images: http://users.wirelessbeehive.com/~paw/temp/garrardstereo-01.jpg Reduced images (flat and dark applied): http://users.wirelessbeehive.com/~paw/temp/garrardstereo-02.jpg patrick On 04 Aug 2011, at 22:47, Jay Eads wrote:
Comet Garradd is passing near M15 and increasing in brightness. If your out later in the night you may want to take a look at this. It would be a pretty image as well I believe.
-- Jay Eads
Patrick, Thanks for the pictures! What time did you take them, and what time do you recommend viewing this comet? On Fri, Aug 5, 2011 at 3:03 AM, Patrick Wiggins <paw@wirelessbeehive.com>wrote:
Thanks for the heads up Jay,
The two are too far apart for me to image with my tiny FOV. However, I did take a couple of shots about half an hour apart and mounted them side by side for a stereo view:
Unprocessed, raw images: http://users.wirelessbeehive.com/~paw/temp/garrardstereo-01.jpg
Reduced images (flat and dark applied): http://users.wirelessbeehive.com/~paw/temp/garrardstereo-02.jpg
patrick
On 04 Aug 2011, at 22:47, Jay Eads wrote:
Comet Garradd is passing near M15 and increasing in brightness. If your out later in the night you may want to take a look at this. It would be a pretty image as well I believe.
-- Jay Eads
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On 05 Aug 2011, at 11:20, Chrismo wrote:
Thanks for the pictures! What time did you take them,
Pictures were taken about 1:30 and 2:00 this morning.
and what time do you recommend viewing this comet?
It is already high in the SE sky when it gets dark and it transits about 2:00 and stay in the sky most of the rest of the night. So while observing it around transit time might technically be best, I'm thinking a couple hours either side of that would be ok. No doubt SPOC's Grim will be pointed at it tomorrow during the public star party. While imaging it this morning I also had a look at it with a C-5. It is brighter than it was a couple of weeks ago but it is far from being bright. patrick
Excellent info, thanks! On Fri, Aug 5, 2011 at 2:30 PM, Patrick Wiggins <paw@wirelessbeehive.com>wrote:
On 05 Aug 2011, at 11:20, Chrismo wrote:
Thanks for the pictures! What time did you take them,
Pictures were taken about 1:30 and 2:00 this morning.
and what time do you recommend viewing this comet?
It is already high in the SE sky when it gets dark and it transits about 2:00 and stay in the sky most of the rest of the night.
So while observing it around transit time might technically be best, I'm thinking a couple hours either side of that would be ok.
No doubt SPOC's Grim will be pointed at it tomorrow during the public star party.
While imaging it this morning I also had a look at it with a C-5. It is brighter than it was a couple of weeks ago but it is far from being bright.
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Nice! ________________________________ From: Patrick Wiggins <paw@wirelessbeehive.com> To: Utah Astronomy <utah-astronomy@mailman.xmission.com> Sent: Friday, August 5, 2011 3:03 AM Subject: Re: [Utah-astronomy] Comet Garradd and M15 Thanks for the heads up Jay, The two are too far apart for me to image with my tiny FOV. However, I did take a couple of shots about half an hour apart and mounted them side by side for a stereo view: Unprocessed, raw images: http://users.wirelessbeehive.com/~paw/temp/garrardstereo-01.jpg Reduced images (flat and dark applied): http://users.wirelessbeehive.com/~paw/temp/garrardstereo-02.jpg patrick On 04 Aug 2011, at 22:47, Jay Eads wrote:
Comet Garradd is passing near M15 and increasing in brightness. If your out later in the night you may want to take a look at this. It would be a pretty image as well I believe.
-- Jay Eads
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