Hi everybody! Early in this morning comet 21P was only 30´ in a distance to comet C/2005 JQ5. We had the luck to find a dark place to take some pictures of...
The fast relative motion of 2.9 arc seconds per minute makes for an interesting imaging challenge and a great movie opportunity. Images comprise 52 x 2 minutes...
Good evening with all, I have just put on my site two images of C/2005 A1 of (August 02, and 03 2005). HTTP://napac.free.fr Heading the comètes_photographies...
Some nice pictures. I want to get out there and image some but waiting on a pier adaptor for my new mount/scope. My new mount/scope looks real good on the...
Worked information from 07/29/2005 that I just retreived from the observatory. This image is a composit of 46x40 sec exp. 4" FSQ and ST2KXM ccd. Isn't this...
Hello all, I've uploaded images of the following comets to my website, taken August 1st 2005: http://www.yp-connect.net/~mmatti/ 9P Tempel 21P Giacobini-Zinner...
Hi, I would like to attempt to capture a color image of a meteor during the upcoming peak of Perseids. I will be mounting a Canon 20D with either a 20mm or...
Hi Rick.. By all means do not point at the radiant; the best show will always be where you are not looking, but find one part of the sky and stay with it...
Hello Rick, ... if you have the choice, take the shortest focal length you have. I photographed the Perseids last year with an 10D and 300D with a 8mm and 15mm...
Thanks, I will take your advice. Rick ... be where you are not ... for the duration if you ... a.m. and then shifting ... southwestern horizon ... during the ...
Thanks Bernd, I will use the 50mm f1.4 that I currently have and or try using my Nikon 20mm with a lens converter plate. Thanks, Rick ... during the ... either...
Image of C/2005 A1 showing both fragments. Fainter b fragment was just south of the brighter a fragment. Measured/calculated separation of 26.9 arc seconds. ...
It is interesting that this apparent separation between the two components is essentially the same as it was about three weeks ago when we last measured the...
An ephemeris generated for the month of August 2005 shows that C/2005 A1 (LINEAR) passed the closest distance to earth (delta) during the week prior to...
Hi! This was comet C/2005 P3 SWAN yesterday evening: http://www.astrostudio.at/Astrofotos/aufnahme.php?a_id=415&page=1&kategorie=&k_id=55 color picture will...
... a_id=415&page=1&kategorie=&k_id=55 ... I'm not an specialist but due to the symmetry in brigthening/fading it looks like a rotating satellite to me, is...
Hello, back in business we are presenting an image of comet P3 Swan made with an EOS 350D (Rebel XT). Norbert was lucky like Gerald he cought another meteor...
Hi! This is the color picture of comet SWAN P3 from August 28: http://www.astrostudio.at/Astrofotos/aufnahme.php?a_id=416&page=1&kategorie=&k_id=55 Michael and...
This was a tough one for me because it was already low in the sky at sunset. I imaged it down to 16 degrees elevation and quit before it even reached...