[Leica] More fun with comets

[Peter Klein]

Here's my best set from last night's comet hunt.

This shot will show you what I was up against. My chosen site had a 
great view, but the old sewage treatment plant, now converted to a 
pumping station, was lighting up the sky.
<https://www.flickr.com/photos/24844563@N04/50131046763/in/dateposted-public/>

I was able to make a bit of lemonade out of that lemon, though:
<https://www.flickr.com/photos/24844563@N04/50131834767/in/dateposted-public/>

I got lucky on this one, a satellite track "chopping" off the comet's tail:
<https://www.flickr.com/photos/24844563@N04/50131045688/in/photostream/>

<https://www.flickr.com/photos/24844563@N04/50131609141/in/photostream/>
<https://www.flickr.com/photos/24844563@N04/50128829231/in/photostream/>

This is pushing the limit of enlargement.
<https://www.flickr.com/photos/24844563@N04/50131044783/in/photostream/>

8 second exposures do elongate the stars slightly, for those of us not 
blessed with equatorial mount.  But Focus Magic software has a motion 
blur correction feature that fixes that quite nicely.  I used it on some 
of these.

View large by pressing "L."  Or click on any picture, once to magnify, 
again to magnify even more, and again to go back to the original display.

Enjoy!
--Peter