Photo of Comet SW3 - Mini Comets !

Hi all, I set out last night under clear, but very poor transparent skies to finally have a look at comet sw3 in the constellation Corona Borealis, it was very easy to find being very near Alpha CrB. I was only delighted when not one - but two fragments - brighter frag C and slightly dimmer frag B showed up These really are what you would call baby comets, they're tiny ! Fragment C was just WOW! :shock: a very bright nucleus, really starlike with a beautiful tail, but ever so small...

Here's a widefield shot showing both from last night, a pleasant night !
Try have a look for yourself, you'll like the view.
Keith..

WOW Keith.....thats a beauty!! :shock:

I seen them last night through 10X50s. C is great but B looks to be dying.

What a wonderful image.

Nice image keith, saw them last night at about 11pm before fog spoiled our observing session. C was easy enough to find and definitely comet like, b to me just looked like a faint smudge, such a change since I observed it last in bright moonlight two weeks ago

Wow! That is lovely. Especially considering the haze last night.

Spent a while looking at galaxies in Virgo + M81/M82 before the transparency deteriorated to nothing.

Got so wrapped up in it that I was shocked when I looked up from the scope to find that all but about 10 stars had disappeared. Still there were some lovely views until the haze crept in.

T

We had a look at it at Cosmos on Friday night and that pretty much shows what its like.
Nice one Keith.

Nice going Keith! Is this just a standard shot through your tracked Canon? How long is the exposure?