Comet C/2004 F4 Bradfield date 20040427 time 3:30 MEZ.
Camera Canon D10 / Optic SIGMA 80-200 F2.8. / Monti: GPDX & Boxdörfer/Escap.
 3 images a 30 Sec. / Astroart 3 adding / Post processing Adobe PS5

Comet C2001 Neat Q4 (“Couch Astronomie” from balcony at its best)
Date 20040515 / Time 23:00 - 01:15 / Location 88682 Salem-B
Seeing: lousy; car lights of passing traffic
Canon D10 ISO 800 / 1 min B&W Semiapo 600mm/F6
Monti GPDX Boxdörfer/Escap (no polaris but good feeling) / Software: Astroart 3
22 images, Image tracking the core near Presepe

Comet Machholz & Plejaden / Location Salem Bodensee / Date 7.1.2005
Optic Sigma 75-200mm F2.8 APO / Camera Canon D10 ISO1600
32 Images a 1 Min. stacked with AstroArt3 and processed with Adobe PS3

NEAT Q4 adjacent to Andromeda 16.5.2004 / Sigma 200mm F2.8 APO / Canon D10

Comet Machholz inverted 04.01.2005
Sigma 200mm F2.8 APO / Canon D10

20050502 23:00 UT / Very early Sighting of Comet P9/Tempel 1 in the constellation Virginis.
Image taken with Canon D10 / 1600 ISO / processed out of 18 RAWs & 18 Darks / 1 Min each / Optic SIGMA 200mm F2.8
Nasa Info Page “Deep Impact”
http://www1.nasa.gov/home/hqnews/2005/apr/HQ_05108_Deep_Impact_Image.html

C2006 A1 Pojmanski / Date: 20.32006 / Time 01:30 & 04:30 / Location: Heiligenberg Bodensee.
Conditions: Difficult; high residual humidity, moon dominant, low above horizone (between 7 – 12° above horizon.
Camera: D10 / 1800 ISO / Sigma Zoom at 200 mm F2.8 / 78 Images; groupewise with Astroart3 added, 5 individual groups combined in one image (left) and slightly postprocessed with Adobe PS5./ Due to the bright background (moon) is the tail only barly estimated.

C 2006 M3 Swan / 20061104 Location Heiligenberg Bodensee / conditions are rather lousy: / 95% moon and slight fog
20x30sek mit 800ISO / 200mm / F2,8 Sigma Apo / Canon D10

Jan 10 2007 Back Country Bodensee “our famos vistaspot Amalienhöhe”

upper & lower image : Comet C/2006 P1 Mc Naugth date 20060110 time 18:30 MEZ.
Camera Canon D10 Optic SIGMA 80-200 F2.8 Monti: GIRO 2
9 adding Astro Art 3

Jan 7 2007 Mc Naugth Right through the “jungle”

Comet C/2006 P1 Mc Naugth date 20060107 time 17:30 MEZ.
Camera Canon D10 Optic SIGMA 80-200 F2.8 Monti: GIRO 2
8 adding Astro Art 3

Comet McNaught under full daylight conditions and bright sunshine / absolute highlight 2007
Mc Naugth erreichte zu diesem Zeitpunkt eine Helligkeit von -5, also heller als die Venus !!!
 Date / Time 20070113 between 15:00 & 15:30 pm; approx. 3,2° sum-distance !!!
Sliding roof of my garden-observatory served as a shade to cut the direct sunlight. / Location Salem; 18 Km north of Lake Constanceensee; approx 600 m altitude.
Optic: 60/600er Megrez APO / Camera: Canon D10 / 100 ISO several sets of 10 images / 1/250. - 1/500. sec; Format RAW / Monti: GPDX
Horizont: Extremly brightl, light haze, we call it “Bodenseedunst"
ca 50 images processed with AstroArt3 in sets of 10, followed by final steps with Adobe PS5
Conditions extremly hazardous for eyes & equipment; sun offset approx 3.5°

COMET C/2007 E2 Lovejoy / date: April 26 / 2007 / time: 04:12 - 04:40 / Location: Salem-B Bodensee
Parameter: 29 images a. 30 Sek/Image / OTA 10"Newton w. coma-corrector / Mount GPDX / Canon D10a (modified) / ISO1600
Raw’s / focal / Processing: core tracking w. Astroart3 / post processing PhotoShop5


Oct 29 2007 P17 Holmes
date 20071028 time 23:15 to 23:55 MEZ.
Camera Canon D10a 16 images a 20 sec at 400 ISO
Optic 80mm MEGREZ (600mm Focal Length & 2xBarlow
Process Astro Art3 & post process by Adobe PS5

P17 Holmes enlarged area cut

Oct 31 2007 P17 Holmes
date 20071031 time 21:00 to 23:00 MEZ.
Camera Canon D10a 3 x 30 images a 30 sec at 200 / 400 / 800 ISO
Optic 80mm MEGREZ (600mm Focal Length & 2xBarlow
Process Astro Art3 & post process by Adobe PS5

P17 Holmes
False colors & inverted to visualize the active zones

Nov 4 2007 P17 Holmes

34 images / 30 sec ISO3200 false colors
CORE-Area (black central spot) / intense outgassing (dark central area) / outer coma (beige) / tail part (blue)
OTA 10”Newton F4 & Coma-Corr/Flattener / Canon D10a
Processing Astro-Art 3 / Adobe PS5
 

20071128
Covering Alpha Persei “Mirfak”

20071115 comet P17 Holmes & Moon comparison

Wor(th)ds to be noticed

Me:     “Holmes is getting weaker and weaker”!

My Wife:     Ohhhh.........poor Holmes!!! 

20080104 8P Tuttle shift small

20080103 Comet 8P TuttleOTA 72mm 340mm MEGREZ
CAM Canon 10D ISO1600
31 images / 60secConditions: Haze illuminated by artificial light sources

20080111 Comet 8P TuttleOTA 72mm 340mm MEGREZ
CAM Canon 10D ISO1600
9 images / 60secConditions: Haze illuminated by artificial light sources

20081111 8p tuttle cutout
C2007 W1 Boattini 20 add small
40 add curve cut - 800mmF4 D40 800ISO small

20081223 144P Kushida
10” f4 Newton / Canon D40 / ISO800 / 57 images a 30 sek

57add2 & cut & AP5

COMET C2007 W1 Boattini
OTA 200mm f2.8 two steps down to f4 Sigma APO / Canon D40 ISO800
60 images 2minutes

COMET C2006 OF3 Broughton
OTA 800mm f4 Newto / Canon D40 ISO800
40 images 30sec

36f comet & stars cocentered smal

Comet C/2007 N3 Lulin

Re-processed

Core area, coma, tail as well as streaks 180° opposite are visible

36 images 30sec ea. stacked with DSS
Comet & Stars cocentered

10” F4 Newton
Canon 40D / 800 ISO

Dies war der richtige Job zum "Schmotzige Dunschtig" , der heisse Tag und Beginn des alemannischen Faschings.

Ort: Salem B 575m ü.d.M.
Zeit: 19.2.09 / zwischen 05:02 bis 05:34 / Temperatur -13°C
Seeing: brauchbar bis gut (m zwischen 4 und 5)
46 Images a 30 sec bei ISO 800
OTA: 10" Newton F4 mit Baader Coma-Corr.
Cam: Canon 40D

Der Komet war unter den gestrigen Bedingungen freisichtig (wenn man wusste wo er steht); Eindruck: am Rohr recht hell; zwischen m 6 - 7
Cyan im Ãœberfluss
Der Schweif kann bei entsprechender Bildmanipulation (davon halte ich nicht viel ) noch besser sichtbar werden.

ES WAR KALT :-(

Lulin  C2007 N3 small
20100425 McNaught C 2009 K5

20101001 - 04  Comet 103 P Hartley

31 layer cutout

20101003

Source reference : Nasa Image

20101104 Deep Impact Image

20101104 Hartley Deep Impact Image
103 P Hartley am 1.10.2010

20101001

Comet C2009 Garrad P1 IMG_0740 50percent

Comet Garrad C2009 P1

Location: Salem
8 Frames / 30sek ea. / minus dark

CAM: Canon 40D unmodified
ISO800

OTA: 10” f4 Newton

5 imgs & 1drk DSS & CS5 mittel
C20112 L4 Panstarrs

Comet Garrad 186 P Hergenroth

Location: Salem


CAM: Sony NEX5 ISO800

OTA: 10” f4 Newton

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