Globular Cluster and Comet

Hi fellow Astro shooters,

just my second picture post here.

I captured these 2 images yesterday evening using my 10" Newtonian and Canon 5D MkIII at ISO 6400.

Globular Cluster 47 Toucani is in my opinion the finest Globular  in the sky. Not as large as Omega Centauri, but it has a bright core of densely packed stars that seems to go on forever.

This image is cropped from a 2 second exposure

47 Toucani

And here is Comet  C/2012 F6 (Lemmon)  inbound towards the Sun and currently at around Magnitude 6 and is expected to reach Magnitude 3. It's quite close to the South Celestial Pole at the moment so only visible from southern latitudes. I was quite surprised by the colour. This was a 15 sec exposure. There is a hint of a tail.  I'll try to take a shot of Lemmon each week until the moon comes back to spoil the show.


Comet Lemmon

Peter
in Sydney Australia