New Comet - Yi-SWAN

Hi Comet watchers!

After our great success with capturing comet Lulin (I hope you all looked at the website to see Mike's pictures of Comet Lulin) we now have a new challenge.


It is a pity that the rain appears to have arrived at just the wrong time, but if we get a clear night have a go at spotting this new traveller. It is currently in Cassiopeia and details of how to find it are here:

http://www.universetoday.com/2009/04/08/new-comet-yi-swan/

MoonWatch

As at the moment I seem only to be able to take photo's of the moon with my Meade and CCD. I think it appropriate for Moonwatch to include this photo of the moon, processed in Registax. As my Meade has a focal length of F15 I only get parts of the moon, I do have 0.5 focal reducer but its been too cold for myself and the laptop outside. So this years project is to get a picture of more of the moon.

With so many beautiful clear and mild nights it seemed a pity not to take a picture during spring moon watch. Here is a 4 image composite taken with my EOS20D with 300mm zoom IS lens. Stacked and tweaked with Registax 5 (my first attempt to use this software).

100 Hours of Astronomy

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