Comet Pojmanski （C/2006 A1) in the white sky
Comet 2006 A1 was discovered by Grzegorz Pojmanski Warsaw Univ. Observatory
in Polland on January 1st, 2006. It was seen in the southern hemisphere
but now it has come up to the northern and we can see in the east before
dawn. It is now bright enough to be visible in binoculars. How nice!
My house is located in the midst of a city full of illumination. So I did
not expect to see something dark like a comet from my house except for
some bright ones. And this is one of the exceptions.
I happened to have bought super-cheap tele converter for my Nikon lenses
and it was just a trial of my new converter.
It was a sunny? day but I could see only Altair with my eyes and Delphinus
with the binoculars 8x30, as usual. I looked in the sky chart and took
some shots around Venus and Altair. The comet was located at easy position.
And here is the Comet Pohmanski.
It is much brighter than I expectied.
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The blue dim object is the comet. Click the image and you can get a bigger image. Data: 5:34 Mar. 5, 2006 Nikon D70 Ai Nikkor 180mm ED + Nikon 2x teleconverter F2.8 Exposure: 30seconds Camera setting: ISO 250 Mount: Vixen SP Eqtrl Mount Clearness: 8/10 (as this location) scintillation: 7/10 |