CCD images SECTION

COMETS

Updated 7/17/10

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Comet Lulin
with 400mm f/5
2/26/09w


      

Comet Lulin
With  Robotic Barn Door
2/20/09


      

Comet Lulin
2/4/09


 

      

Comet Kushida
2/1/09


      
 


      

Holmes/1499
3/6/08


      
 


      

Comet Holmes
1/26/08


      
 


      

M33 - Tuttle Encounter
12/30/07


      
 


      

Comet Holmes
12/26/07



      
 


      

Comet Holmes in the
Perseus Association
11/10/07


      
 


      

The "Jellyfish" Comet
Comet Holmes
12/02/07


      
 


      

Comet Tuttle 8p
12/2/07 


      
 


      

Comet Holmes
10/31/07


      
 


      

Comet Holmes with the
SV80S  11/3/07




Comet Holmes 2h RGB
11/8/07
 

Comet Holmes
10/24/07
 

Comet Lovejoy
6/17/07
 

Comet Mcnaught
Synchrones in the west
1/22/07
 

Comet Swan in
the 12.5"  11/19/06
 

Comet Swan in the
keystone  10/28/06
 

Comet Swan from
Happy Jack  10/21/06
 

Comet Swan
9/30/06
 

Comet Barnard 8/2/06
 

Comet SW3 and the Ring
5/7/06
 

All three Fragments
4/29/06
 

Comet SW3 More Green
4/29/06 
 

Comet SW3 3 frags
4/22/06
 

Comet SW3
4/19/06
 

Comet SW-1
 

Comet Pojmansky
3/3/06

 

Comet Machholz in
Orion 12/10/04
 

Comet Tempel 1
June 9/05
 

Comet Machholz
4/29/05
 

Comet Bradfield
April 27, 2004
 


Comet Pojmansky in
The morning sky
2/27/06
 

Pojmansky 4/7/06
 

Comet Machholz
4/29/05
 

Comet Pojmansky in
The morning sky
2/27/06
 

Comet Van Ness
 

Comet IZ and NGC7830

 

Comet  Linar RX14
 

Comet Linear T7
11/22/03
 

Comet Encke
11/22/03
 

Comet Tempel 1
June 9/05
 


Comet WM1 12/06/01
 

Comet Linear WM1
and NGC1624
 

Comet Linear WM1
11/09/01
 

 Comet Borrelly 8/24/01
 

 Comet Linear 8/17
 

Comet Linear A2 7/16/01
 
 
Comet Linear A2 7/16/01
 
 
First Wide angle Linear
6/30/01
 
 
Three Faces A2 
6/28/01
 
 
 Comet Linear
A26/27/01
 
 
Comet McNaught-Hartley
February 3, 2001
 
 
Comet McNaught Hartley
January 20th, 01

 


Comet Linear WM1
in Aquilla

 


    Comet IZ  4/14/02

 


Comet Loneos OG1
 

Comet IZ
May 3rd, 02
 

Comet Snyder Murakami
5/03/02
 

Comet Utsunomya
and Mercury Meet
May 4th
 

Comet IZ June 11
with Anti Tail
 

Comet IZ
6/6/02 

 
   Comet Linear Y1 in Pegasus, 6" f/3.6 Schmidt Newtonian, SBIG237 CCD 15x2mins November 24, 2000 Tracking on the comets head during the half hour exposure gave a sharp comet, and streaking stars. The comet was 13th magnitude at this time.

 
  Comet Linear Y1, November 19th, 2000. This currently 12.5 magnitude object is riding high in Pegasus in the evening sky, and sports a short but obvious tail. This is a composite of 12 two minute exposures combined in Maxim DL to align the comets head and thus freeze the comets motion against the starry background. 6" f/3.6 Schmidt Newtonian.

   Comet Catalina-Skiff in Perseus. 12.5" f/5 SBIG237 CCD, 5mins. With the huge amount of rain and clouds this October, one clear night after a rainstorm passed was clear. This image was taken of an extremely faint comet, magnitude 14.0. it is only 10 arcseconds in diameter to boot. Sheets of ice were hardening all over the telescope, and optics, charts and laptop. The mount hit the wall at the very end of the exposure, causing some trailing of the images, but the comet was still recored well. (The next day I saber sawed the offending stud so that doesnt happen again!)
 

 
   Comet Linear T2 in Hercules, 10-15-00. 6" f/3.6, SBIG237 CCD 2x5mins. The comet is a very dim 13.2 magnitude here, and even shows a faint tail to the upper left.

 
   Comet Linear T2 in Hercules, 10-16-00. 6" f/3.6, SBIG237 CCD 2x5mins. The next evening, the comet moved about half a degree.

   Comet Linear Y1 in Andromeda, 10-16-00. 6" f/3.6, SBIG237 CCD 10x1min. This is the faintest comet Ive shot yet, at 13.8 magnitude. There is a hint of a short tail pointing downward here.
 

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