Gallery: Comets

Album of Comets captured with different Telescopes and Telelenses.

Sequence is date - latest images are on top.

Comet Lovejoy
with QHY8-CCD on C14 with Hyperstar, 675mm focal length
Mount: Gemini G-41 .

Comet Lovejoy,
112 x 40 Seconds RGB, No Filter,
with QHY8 on C14 Hyperstar 675mm f/2
in Ebreichsdorf/Austria December 3rd 2013 04:57 AM UT

Click for Animation of Comet Lovejoy from 2:27 AM till 4:57 AM UT (16MB)

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Comet L4 PANSTARRS
with QHY8-CCD on C14 with Hyperstar, 675mm focal length
Mount: Gemini G-41 (unguided ).
Comet on April 16th 2013 in the morning from 3 to 5 AM
from Ebreichsdorf Austria (near Vienna)

152 x 15 seconds exposures and 10 x 15 seconds exposures used
without Filter
All Processing: PixInsight 1.07 (process CometAlignment)

CLICK HERE for Animation 70MB download...

Comet C/2009 P1 Garradd at M71
with QHY8-CCD on C14 with Hyperstar, 675mm focal length
Mount: Gemini G-41 (guided with my ETX90).
Comet and M71 on August 26th and M71 only on August 23rd 2011
from Ebreichsdorf Austria

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FULLSIZE VERSION
135x90 sec. and 31x180 sec. exposed
without Filter
All Processing: PixInsight 1.07

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Animation

Comet Schwassmann-Wachmann 73P Fragment C
with Canon 10D at ASA1600 and a Sigma APO 300mm focal length lens on Gemini G-41 mount
(guided with my ETX90). May 2nd and 4th 2006 from Ebreichsdorf

41x60 Sec., F4
IDAS LPR Filter
May 4th 2006
01:10>02:19

Animation of Comet
movement on
May 2nd within
38 minutes

click here

Warning !!!!!!!!!
1.8 MB Data to download

26x60 Sec., F4
IDAS LPR Filter
May 2nd 2006
22:28>23:06

Comet Machholz with Canon 10D and a Sigma APO 300mm focal length lens on an EQ5 mount (guided with an ETX90).

Comet Machholz + NGC1333 Ebreichsdorf
Austria
13x240 Sec., F4
IDAS LPR Filter
January 11th 2005

Comet Machholz, Ebreichsdorf Austria
12x180 Sec., F4
IDAS LPR Filter
January 7th 2005

Comet Machholz, Pitten Austria under strong moonlight!
17x180 Sec., F4
IDAS LPR Filter
20th Dec 2004
22:50>23:53

Comet Machholz,
Mariazell Austria,
2004-Dec-9th
7x4 Min. 1x8 Min., with LPR and Minus Violett Filter,
1600 ASA, out of
RAW images

Comet C/2003 Linear K4 stood high and showed 2 tails it was a must to capture K4. Here the results of imaging the comet on 19th and on 21st of July 2004. On the 21st the tail of the comet was already very faint.

Comet Linear C/2003 K4
July 19th 2004, 23:49 MESZ
4x240 Seconds at 1600 ASA with CANON 800m Tele

Comet Linear C/2003 K4
July 21st 2004, 23:20 MESZ
8x360 Seconds at 1600 ASA
using IDAS LPR filter

Comet Q4 NEAT with Canon 10D and a Sigma APO 300mm focal length lens on an EQ5 mount (guided with an ETX90). May 19th 2004.

Comet Q4 Neat 22x240 Seconds stacked with Image Plus together

Comet Q4 Neat with M44. May 14th 2004.

Comet Q4 together
with M44
guided on stars
7x90 Seconds

Comet Q4 together
with M44
guided on comet
7x90 Seconds

Comet Q4 only
guided on comet
12x90 Second
1600ASA, F4

Comet Q$ only
guided on stars
12x90 Seconds
1600 ASA, F4

Combination of Comet Q4 guided and Star guided image

Comet Q4 Neat. May 11th 2004.

Comet Q4 Neat
stacked image
28x1 minute

Comet Q4 Neat
single image
1x1 minute,

M33 and Comet Linear T7
Canon 10D 300mm
16x240 Seconds
ASA 1600
Ebreichsdorf, Austria
December 23rd 2003

Comet Linear T7 December 23rd 2003

M33 and Comet Linear T7
Canon 10D 300mm
16x240 Seconds
ASA 1600
Ebreichsdorf, Austria
December 23rd 2003

Other Comets with Olympus 2020Z and an ETX125C.

Komet Ikea Zhang
(7 stacked),
2002-04-08,

Komet Linear
2001-07-13