This comet is ideally positioned for imaging from the Midwest USA as it high (57 degrees elevation) and transits at a “reasonable” hour – that is, at astronomical darkness. At magnitude 13.0 it is an easy target.
It has a relatively fast motion relative to the star field, 6.2 arc seconds per minute. I imaged it in one-minute frames with at 5.0 arc seconds per pixel.
The fast relative motion lends itself to a nice animated GIF. I have a small (422 kB) video of 1 hour of the comet traversing 6.2 arc minutes of Leo. Take a look. The comet is really racing along!
Images, associated data and imaging notes at
http://home.att.net/~dpersyk/new.htm
This is my first image of 2007. I’ve been spending time on another hobby – an indoor, non-weather-dependent hobby. See http://home.att.net/~dpersyk/horr.htm
Thank you for visiting my site.
Clear skies,
Dennis Persyk
Igloo Observatory Home Page http://dpersyk.home.att.net
Hampshire, IL
It has a relatively fast motion relative to the star field, 6.2 arc seconds per minute. I imaged it in one-minute frames with at 5.0 arc seconds per pixel.
The fast relative motion lends itself to a nice animated GIF. I have a small (422 kB) video of 1 hour of the comet traversing 6.2 arc minutes of Leo. Take a look. The comet is really racing along!
Images, associated data and imaging notes at
http://home.att.net/~dpersyk/new.htm
This is my first image of 2007. I’ve been spending time on another hobby – an indoor, non-weather-dependent hobby
Thank you for visiting my site.
Clear skies,
Dennis Persyk
Igloo Observatory Home Page http://dpersyk.home.att.net
Hampshire, IL
