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Very fine images, Wei Loon. Well done!

Curious to know what casues the colour variation between each image.

Go well!
Jeremy

came across another image of Encke: http://vulpecula.home.sapo.pt/CCDImages/Comet-2P-Encke-19-Nov.jpg Tak FS128 @ f8.1 SBIG ST10XME NABG 45 x 1 minute exposures binned 2x2 BAA Comet Section web pages says: 2P/Encke is now within visual range and is brightening quite rapidly. It is very large and dif...

Dear yK,

Just seen your images: thanks ever so much for sharing them. I have to take my hat off to you for achieving some real scientific results from Singapore. You dedication amazes me, not only for taking the images, but also for reviewing all the tapes! Well done.

All the best,
Jeremy

Hi Rich, As I said, I think one will need dark skies to pick this one up visually (like Mersing). Some reports I have seen state the mag. is more like 10 or 12, using standard cometry mag. estimation methods, since it is so diffuse. It's also quite tricky to pick up by CCD since it has a rapid prope...

There is an ephemeris for the equator at:

http://www.ast.cam.ac.uk/~jds/2p.eq

Indicates it is faily birght (8th magnitude), but it's reported to be pretty large and diffuse. If anytone is travelling to dark skies, they should be able to pick it up in large binos.

Success!
Jeremy

Thanks, Rich. I plan to stick to a short focal length to start with (i.e. low magnification) since it is much more tolerant on tracking errors. That way I can concentrate on the CCD and forget the tracking. The GPD allows unguided exposures of a few minutes without any drift, as long as I have done ...

Finally got a chance to use the new MX716 CCD camera last night. Obviously, being full moon, it wasn't the best of nights for imaging, but with the bad weather we've been experiencing of late I had to grab the opportunity. So as to start simple I chose M27, the Dumbbell Nebula, as the target. I took...