A picture of NEAT Q4 from May 17, taken with a Pentax-Refraktor, which runs only away with the main-pictures taken with the tele- lenses, shows a very...
Hi list, I have updated the image gallery of the german comet section. Look at www.fg-kometen.de. New images from Bradfield, 88P, Linear2003K4 and Tabur 2003T3...
Greetings. In a brief calm before the next storm complex arrives, I quickly put together a 7 frame mosaic. Guessing, this covers about 4'. North is up....
That is a VERY nice image Johannes, congratulations. I like the background stars. I am suprised that an Average worked so well. I haven't tried Average,...
I imaged C/2003 K4 LINEAR on 7 June at 0534 UT. C-11 scope at f/5 and MX716 CCD camera. A small movie is included on my New Image Page linked below to...
Hi all! The picture of comet Q4 NEAT from yesterday evening shows a lot of streamers in the gastail. The picture is uploaded to our website: Michael and Gerald...
Have a look at our panorama-picture with the schmidtcamera on ccd- from last night. It shows a very disturb gastail. We have uploaded this picture to our...
Two of the three comets from 06/11/2004. Both images were taken with the 4" at F5.3 covering 74x56 arc-min each and N is up. K4 shows a good increase and I...
Hi all, I have been asked to give two seperate talks on the recent bright comets (2001 Q4 and 2002 T7) - one at New Zealand's Royal Astronomical Societies...
Worked on the color info for all three. Pleased with all but especially T7 and K4. All images from 06/11/2004. North is up. All were taken with the 4" and...
I have viewed the images from 06/11/2004 and knew there was more. Having put together all images which total 24x45 sec exp, we now have a better idea of what...
Hi all! LINEAR K4 shows a bright, long gastail and a short dusttail on the CCD-pictures with the Schmidt on June 16. Color pics with the tele lens will follow...
Hi all, just had a few beaut nights here in Gisborne, New Zealand, so abandoned sleep for astrophotography time... Have uploaded my latest images (including...
Great photo's John, Note that T7 has a short sunward spike or "antitail". This feature should remain prominent as we cross the orbital plane of T7 around Jun...
Hi Back from Namibia I needed some time to stack all these images. I had a Mintron Camera equipped with 50 and 135mm lenses to record comets 2001 Q4 and 2002...
Hi all, decided to image Comet T7 tonight (yet again) and lo and behold, when I checked the test shot it had a mag 10 galaxy sitting next to it! Have updated...
Hi, Has anyone imaged the ion tail of C/2003 K4 in the last day or two? Observing from Table Mountain Observatory in Wrightwood, CA last night, there appeared...
Mounted the camera on the 10" F6.3 for the night. This is a 3x30 sec stack with the fov of 24x20arc-min and N is up. Time was 0340UT. Not hard to find this...
Hi all, had a cold but beaut night here in Gisborne, NZ last night. Imaged comet T7, the Trifid, NGC 6337 - a real cool celestial 'smoke ring', and NGC 3293 in...
Two comets imaged tonight (06242004 - 0310UT). Q4 is showing a large tail disconnect and covers the entire 74x56 arc-min frame. K4 is also looking good yet a...
After publishing at home last night having looked at the images on my computer at work there was hardly any detail showing. A problem I come across a lot....
