COMET IMAGE GALLERY (comets 401-500)
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COMET IMAGE GALLERY (comets 401-500)
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| Comet LINEAR C/2006 VZ13 (no. 406). CCD images taken by "Countdown" mentor Mike Holloway. Left: May 19, 2007. Right: June 4, 2007. Both images used with permission. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Comet LINEAR C/2006 VZ13 (continued). Left: CCD image obtained June 15, 2007 by Countdown mentor Vitali Nevski in Belarus. Used with permission. Right: CCD image (combination of two one-minute exposures) obtained with the Earthrise telescope on the evening of July 16, 2007. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Comet Lemmon C/2006 WD4 (no. 407). These are "first light" images taken on the evening of May 30, 2007 (in bright moonlight) with the 30-cm Schmidt-Cassegrain telescope donated by Meade Instruments that will (hopefully soon) be mounted permanently at the Earthrise dark-sky site. Left: a series of combined images totaling 3 minutes of exposure time. The bright object right of center is an 8th-magnitude star that was in the field. Right: This same image, combined with two other exposures taken slightly later in the evening (for a total combined exposure of 5 minutes), and slightly enhanced to bring out faint tail structure. A fairly bright tail (about one arcminute long) is seen extending above and to the left of the comet (approximate direction south-southeast), and what appears to be a very faint and broader, slightly curved extension of this tail (total length 2.5 arcminutes) extends to the upper left corner of the image. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Comet Lemmon C/2006 WD4 (continued). CCD image taken by "Countdown" mentor Mike Holloway June 3, 2007. Used with permission. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Comet McNaught C/2005 L3 (no. 408). Left: A series of nine CCD images (combined exposure time 5 minutes) taken with the 30-cm (eventual) dark-sky site telescope on June 14, 2007. The comet is the small condensed object at lower right center. Right: CCD image taken June 20, 2007 by Countdown mentor Vitali Nevski in Belarus. Used with permission. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Comet McNaught C/2005 L3 (continued). CCD image taken July 20, 2007 by Klaas Jobse at the Cyclops Observatory in The Netherlands. The upper arrow indicates Comet C/2005 L3; the lower arrow indicates Comet 189P/NEAT P/2007 N2. The two comets passed within one arcminute of each other that night, as seen from locations in the eastern hemisphere. I had successfully imaged Comet 189P a few nights earlier, and although I also attempted it visually, its faintness (about 16th magnitude) kept me from seeing it. I had also managed to image this comet at its discovery return in 2002, and it thus becomes the first comet I've successfully imaged at two different returns. Image used with permission. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Comet McNaught C/2005 L3 (continued). CCD image taken on January 9, 2008 (after the comet had appeared in the morning sky following conjunction with the sun) by Maciej Reszelski, Szamotuly-Galowo, Poland. Used with permission. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Comet McNaught P/2007 H1 (no. 409). Left: CCD image taken July 18, 2007 by David Herald, Kambah, A.C.T. (Australia). Used with permission. Right: CCD image taken July 26, 2007 by Countdown mentor Vitali Nevski in Belarus. Used with permission. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Comet McNaught P/2007 H1 (continued). CCD image (combined exposure four minutes) taken August 8, 2007 with the Earthrise telescope. The tail can faintly be seen extending to the lower right (approximately southwest). | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Comet Broughton C/2006 OF2 (no. 410). Left: CCD image (combined exposure four minutes) taken August 8, 2007 with the Earthrise telescope. The comet is the bright object at upper right; a short faint tail can be seen extending towards the lower right (southwest). Right: CCD image obtained August 16, 2007 by Countdown mentor Vitali Nevski in Belarus. Used with permission. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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