Showing posts with label comets. Show all posts
Showing posts with label comets. Show all posts

Monday, January 26, 2009

Comet Lulin is approaching

The greenish looking Comet Lulin, has a tail and will reach maximum magnitude in February. While I have not seen it yet, others have and photographed it.
Here is one of the latest links to one . (if you have your own on a website please send me a link or send me your photo or sketch and I will publish it on the blog with your permission and citation)
1/26/09
(if not this date go to this link/website and then go to archives link which is on the APOD Spaceweather page lower portion)
http://www.spaceweather.com/

Monday, May 26, 2008

Comet disintergrates near Sun

The orbiting spacecraft saw this comet heading toward the sun and disintergrate.
5/26/08
http://www.spaceweather.com/


if not this date use archives

Sunday, April 20, 2008

Comet Boattini (2007 W1)


Date:4/16/08
Time : 10:36 pm MT
location: Amadoo, AZ
11hr 37.246
-19d 41.1
Conditions: clear but moon nearby
I caught this comet Boatinni at around 9th magnitude even during moonlight.
It has a rather bright nucleus and a roundish coma.
this one below taken at 11:57 shows the movement during that duration

Sunday, December 9, 2007


hello,
I want to put this image made from the north of France in a small village (Wormhout)
Shooting:

Audine Kaf 3200 ME
Alaudine NT
Temperature ext: 05.0 °
Cooling: -25 °
Télébjectif Sigma 300 mm F / 4 APO
Time Exposure: 3 x (5 x 50 seconds filters (RGB))
Date and time of the shooting: 29 November 2007 22h20mn (Midfielder Exposure)
I authorize the release of my image to your blog.

Stéphane TAKBOU
Observatoire de l'ancienne abbaye
MPC A11
N 50°52'48"
E 02°28'18"
Altitude 16 m
Wormhout
France

http://napac.free.fr/

Saturday, December 8, 2007

Comet Holmes in different filters collage


I shot Comet Holmes at its peak brightness early November.
Center- clear image
Top left - red filter
Top right - green
Bottom left - blue
Bottom right- infrared

exposure 8 second
where: Amadoo, AZ near Tucson
6 inch telescope and CCD

(c) 2007 Eric Flescher