Saturn and Lulin on February 24, 2009

Hersey — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 20:59:03 +0000

I took this picture on the 24th around 10:00 PM.

It’s a wide field shot piggy back mounted on my scope – 50mm at f/3 for 1 minute. Saturn is the very bright object down and left of center and comet Lulin is up and to the right.

Comet Lulin – 02/21/09

Hersey — Sat, 21 Feb 2009 10:51:47 +0000

Very cold and clear this morning, started observing at 3:00 AM. I set the scope up and polar aligned it earlier in the evening so I would not have to spend as much time aligning it in the cold.

Checked the alignment, made a couple of adjustments and then went searching for comet Lulin. Found it in binoculars in the West/Southwest just a bit east of Saturn.

Took 21 1 minute piggyback shots that came out pretty good, but all of my prime focus pictures are out of focus. The dew and frost got to the scope about 4:45 AM.

Here is the piggy back shot. Kind of sucks that the Prime Focus shots did not turn out. Hopefully I will get another chance at getting some images of it in the next couple of days.

Comet Lulin - Piggyback - 21x1min - ISO800

Here is the best single one minute exposure I took. No stacking, but I did apply the dark frames that I took.

Comet Lulin - 1 minute Wide Field - 50mm f/3.5 ISO800

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Saturn and Lulin on February 24, 2009

Comet Lulin – 02/21/09