Nice pairing, Patrick. I had thought from the Starry Night planetarium program that the comet's tail would cross M71 most of the night, but I can see it's not long enough. I think Starry Night just guessed at the tail's dimensions and they overestimated it. Still a cool view, though. -- Joe ________________________________ From: Patrick Wiggins <paw@wirelessbeehive.com> To: utah astronomy utah astronomy listserve <utah-astronomy@mailman.xmission.com> Sent: Saturday, August 27, 2011 1:56 AM Subject: [Utah-astronomy] The comet and the cluster Nice break in the weather here at my place and Comet Garradd is looking rather nice next to M-71: http://users.wirelessbeehive.com/~paw/temp/garradd-m71.jpg Just a "quick and dirty" 60 second shot taken between other projects. I'm looking forward to seeing what those who are good at taking "pretty pictures" do with the scene. patrick _______________________________________________ Utah-Astronomy mailing list Utah-Astronomy@mailman.xmission.com http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/utah-astronomy Visit the Photo Gallery: http://www.slas.us/gallery2/main.php