Great read Terry and awesome images ๐
It was really fun to get on this comet, even with all the tracking issues and weather problems ๐
Unfortunately, it is/was no more visible for me for a while now because it was hiding behind the roof.
Thank you for bringing us the story of Comet ATLAS ๐
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I had the same issue with the remote observatories not wanting to go to the lower altitudes (so a lot of my pictures were made in bright twilight). Comet SWAN coverage is planned soon.
I saw some impressive images of Comet SWAN on the web. Unfortunately, I have to skip it. I think it will not be in my field of view and I have started to maintain my mount. Hopefully, I will have it build up again this weekend. At the moment it looks like this
I'm just waiting to get a tool delivered to remove the old needle bearings from the DEC an RA housings.
I'm already very curious about your Comet SWAN post and images ๐
That does not look like fun!
Well, I have to say that it was very interesting to see how a mount is built. The only thing that wasn't fun, was to find all this sloppy work which I find unjustified in a mount of this price range.
But it moves now very smooth when moving by hand. Unfortunately, the weather don't let me do any guiding tests.