Comet c/2009 r1 mc naught

I have observed this comet on 10 june at 01-49 hrs it was a green smudge in the 25x100mm binoculars passing cloud proved a challenge to capture an image this is the best i could manage i didn't see any sign of a tail.



jonathan.

Nice one Johnathan, I was up also between 2am and 3am, I think you done better to observe it before 2am, it was very bright from here in cavan last night.

I used my 15x70mm binoculars and I spotted it easily enough at about magnitude 5.5 or so, very green and definitley no tail, certainly at that stage I could not see it naked eye.

www.flickr.com/photos/79652716@N00/4688670840/sizes/l/

Keith..

I got a few more shots of it last night, the seeing and transparency were quite good. The tails is clearly visible now.

www.flickr.com/photos/45468979@N04/4698859385/

In the following 1-minute exposure, the comet forms a nice right angle triangle with a magnitude 6.20 star (Hip 16252, top) and a magnitude 7.0 star (Hip 16326, right).

www.flickr.com/photos/45468979@N04/4698945383/

Luckily, there was also a small display of noctilucent clouds as I was packing up.

www.flickr.com/photos/45468979@N04/4699490206/

Mike.

Fair plat to you Mike for getting up to catch this fella, I see the tail is now getting a bit brighter and longer, hope fully it will improve even more, even though the twilight will be a big challenge

Keith.