Re: Comet Lovejoy C2007E/2 Position tonight 10-14
Patrick, I'm looking forward to anything you get. There are not many images of this one on the web. I was working Boo doubles with 10x50 binos at Lt. Mtn tonight. All I could see was a faint averted vision smudge at the correct location in suburban light polluted skies. - Kurt ---------- Original Message ---------------------------------- Author: Patrick Wiggins Date: 2007-05-15 00:10 -600 To: Utah Astronomy Subject: [Utah-astronomy] Re: Comet Lovejoy C2007E/2 Position tonight 10-14 Thanks for posting Kurt, I was just opening my observatory when your message arrived. My planned imaging session is now on hold while I get pictures of the comet (I'll post any that are worth looking at). pw _______________________________________________ Sent via CSolutions - http://www.csolutions.net
I tried a 10 minute exposure. A dark frame for that one has got about another 6 minutes to go. I'll combine the two, add a flat and post the result shortly (just don't expect much; f/11 is just too slow). pw On 15 May 2007, at 00:50, Kurt Fisher wrote:
Patrick,
I'm looking forward to anything you get. There are not many images of this one on the web. I was working Boo doubles with 10x50 binos at Lt. Mtn tonight. All I could see was a faint averted vision smudge at the correct location in suburban light polluted skies.
- Kurt
Here it is (prepare to yawn): http://users.wirelessbeehive.com/~paw/ temp/LOVEJOY001.JPG 10' exposure, C-14 @ f/11, ST-10XME binned 3x3 -10°, master flat (made from 20 flats median combined), single dark. 9' x 13' FOV. pw
On 15 May 2007, at 00:50, Kurt Fisher wrote:
Patrick,
I'm looking forward to anything you get. There are not many images of this one on the web. I was working Boo doubles with 10x50 binos at Lt. Mtn tonight. All I could see was a faint averted vision smudge at the correct location in suburban light polluted skies.
- Kurt
Not bad at all, Patrick, really. I thought you had the Celestron focal reducer? Not that it would have helped much with one of these "smudge"-type comets. Maybe a slightly longer tail and more background stars... Let's see... Average one great comet every ten years; we just had one a few months ago...that means I'll be 58 when the next one comes around. Still just a pup! ;o) On 5/15/07, Patrick Wiggins <paw@wirelessbeehive.com> wrote:
Here it is (prepare to yawn): http://users.wirelessbeehive.com/~paw/ temp/LOVEJOY001.JPG
10' exposure, C-14 @ f/11, ST-10XME binned 3x3 -10°, master flat (made from 20 flats median combined), single dark. 9' x 13' FOV.
On 15 May 2007, at 09:52, Chuck Hards wrote:
Not bad at all, Patrick, really. Thanks.
I thought you had the Celestron focal reducer? Actually I use one from Optec but if I were to install it or make any other changes to the optical train I'd have to do a bunch of stuff to make it work for the cataclysmic variable project I'm working now. Better to let Joe and others get the comet pictures and I'll stick with the CV.
pw
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