[AZ-Observing] Comet NEAT from Cherry Road - Images
- From: Tom Polakis <tpolakis@xxxxxxx>
- To: az-observing@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sun, 16 May 2004 11:37:12
About ten members of the Saguaro Optimist Club turned out at the Cherry
Road site last night. To our surprise, we had at least a half hour worth
of sucker hole in which we all turned to the comet. The most pleasing
views of the comet and the Beehive cluster were seen in binoculars and
rich-field scopes. My 70mm refractor at 24x nicely fit the cluster and
comet into the field, with the tail flowing out of the field to a length of
more than three degrees.
I set my tripod on the tracking platform, which worked okay for short
exposures with the 50mm lens. Two images are posted at:
http://www.pbase.com/polakis/comet20040515
The first shows Castor and Pollux in the lower right corner of the frame.
Clouds illuminated by Prescott Valley were Photoshopped out to the best of
my ability. The second was taken with the same lens, but cropped and
presented a bit larger to show more detail (and unfortunately more ISO 800
noise).
I wonder if there will be any good, cloudfree pictures of the M44 passage
of the past two nights. It doesn't look like it was tranparent anywhere in
the Western U.S.
Tom
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