Linear, Encke, ISON, Lovejoy Oct 27, 2013

I know we don't get "real Weather" here in California so when it clouds over or snows its a real event. OK it stopped snowing but it won't be clear till tomorrow so here are some images from a few days ago for this weeks post...

Attached are four taken the morning of October 27 within hours of each other. Each is a single 6min Exposure using a Sloan Yellow Filter and the 4.5" F/4 astrograph. Image scale is preserved however the screen stretch is not so dimmer comets might appear brighter in comparison to brighter comets. Linear is 8th mag, Encke is 7.8mag, ISON is 8mag and Lovejoy is 10th mag in spite of the way they look...

I think its amazing there are (4) reasonably bright comets appearing so close to each other in our sky.
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October 27, 2013

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I was up at the site and using 10X70 Binoculars was able to see comet ISON with a small tail. Very dim but visible. Sky Darkness was 21.6 at Polaris
Looked for Lovejoy, too dim, Encke thought I saw it but it is very stellar and can't absolutely confirm. Linear was too low and dim to see... ISON was clearly visible...

Attached are four taken the morning of November 3 within hours of each other. Each is a single 6min Exposure using a Sloan Yellow Filter and the 4.5" F/4 astrograph. Image scale is preserved. Linear is 8th mag, Encke is 7.8mag, ISON is 8mag and Lovejoy is 10th mag...
I think its amazing there are (4) reasonably bright comets appearing so close to each other in our sky.
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Left to right comets: Linear...Encke...ISON...Lovejoy

Same night I viewed ISON in 10X70 Binoculars...

November 3, 2013

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