And Rob Ratowski has been holding out on us. There is a link to this picture on SpaceWeather.com http://www.spaceweather.com/comets/mcnaught/18jan07/ratkowski1.jpg Note the meteor in the upper right. Then look closely and you will see M31. It took me a while to get the star fields because it's all on it's side, but Andromeda, Perseus, Cassiopeia, and the milky way, all the way to the ground. Oh yeah, there is some light polution in the lower left corner left over from that pesky comet. DT --- Patrick Wiggins <paw@wirelessbeehive.com> wrote:
http://msowww.anu.edu.au/~rmn/C2006P1.htm
http://www.spaceobs.com/perso/
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Hi Dan take a look at the image just posted a few minutes ago from my trip up Haleakala tonight http://www.utahastronomy.com/rob/eCT0441 aloha Rob
Absolutely beautiful Rob! Quoting Rob Ratkowski Photography <ratkwski@hawaii.rr.com>:
Hi Dan
take a look at the image just posted a few minutes ago from my trip up Haleakala tonight http://www.utahastronomy.com/rob/eCT0441
aloha Rob
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Rob: Venus is a nice touch. You seem to have gone deep enough to get all the stars in my Sky Atlas 2000 which is mag 8.5 I believe. You might have gone deeper and picked up Neptune near the horizon, and shot a little higher with less mountain in the foreground would have given you Uranus at the top edge. I don't mean to sound picky but the weather here absolutely bites and it's starting to get on my nerves. DT --- Rob Ratkowski Photography <ratkwski@hawaii.rr.com> wrote:
Hi Dan
take a look at the image just posted a few minutes ago from my trip up Haleakala tonight http://www.utahastronomy.com/rob/eCT0441
aloha Rob
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Lovely shot Rob. The airplane (or satellite) looks like its own little comet. Camera/exposure details please?
Hi Dan
take a look at the image just posted a few minutes ago from my trip up Haleakala tonight http://www.utahastronomy.com/rob/eCT0441
aloha Rob
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Michael No airplane, a long meteor trail, the 2nd captured in 2 nights. Exposure was 2 min. @ ISO 400 24mm F2.8 manual lens @ F2.8 guided by a Vixen GP on location on Haleakala @ 9950 ft. We'll be up again tonight and maybe I can add a thin crescent moon in a shot too. My photos are looking 'new age' .......................... Aloha Rob PS Getting into the low 40's at the top, but NO wind last night
I love the stereo pairs at the first site. That HUGE portrayal of Jupiter keeps pulling my attention away from the comet orbit...and the ghostly constellation outlines and map grids in the far background are spooky! But it illustrates the relative postions of earth, McNaught, and the sun perfectly. The last photo on the second site is hilarious- sunburned belly, ouch! A sky-gazer in his natural state...didn't this guy have a clue that his picture would be on the 'Web, seen by millions of people around the world? Would it have killed him to put on a shirt? I have not been able to find any high-magnification images of the comet's nucleus on-line. Wondering if anyone has been looking for signs of breakup? --- Patrick Wiggins <paw@wirelessbeehive.com> wrote:
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Quoting Chuck Hards <chuckhards@yahoo.com>:
The last photo on the second site is hilarious- sunburned belly, ouch! A sky-gazer in his natural state...didn't this guy have a clue that his picture would be on the 'Web, seen by millions of people around the world? Would it have killed him to put on a shirt?
At that point, from the looks of the sunburn I would have to say yes, it would have. ;)
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