Here's comet 2009 R1 McNaught looking rather lovely in the 20" in the early morning of June the 14th. I made it about 5.9 magnitude but that's with a lot of dawn twilight. I also snapped it with at least a degree long tail on the 22nd before midnight, and the 3 of us that observed it thought it looked greeny blue in the 8". This image, next to a bright star in Perseus, is probably the last image the 20" gave while using its old stepper motors with Scope software . It now has servo motors, digital encoders and new software/hardware in place (thanks to B.A.S.) and I can't wait to test it.
Monday, 28 June 2010
Comet McNaught
Here's comet 2009 R1 McNaught looking rather lovely in the 20" in the early morning of June the 14th. I made it about 5.9 magnitude but that's with a lot of dawn twilight. I also snapped it with at least a degree long tail on the 22nd before midnight, and the 3 of us that observed it thought it looked greeny blue in the 8". This image, next to a bright star in Perseus, is probably the last image the 20" gave while using its old stepper motors with Scope software . It now has servo motors, digital encoders and new software/hardware in place (thanks to B.A.S.) and I can't wait to test it.
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