Originally posted by youwouldknow
Elenin has intrigued me for a while now. I havnt seen any good pictures of it coming in yet. I however did see a pretty good amateur astronomer showing something else in elenins position. He was using an infared technique I belive. Any backyard astronomers here? The video was on youtube, cant find a link right now as im on a mobilebrowser. Comet or not, exciting stuff this fall.![]()
The YouTube footage from the "amateur astronomer" has been deleted off YouTube by the original poster (astrolpatroit).
This is probably because it was revealed that he was pointing his telescope in the wrong direction and had merely photographed a normal star.
His small Meade telescope and a red filter does not equal professional equipment (its resolution abilities were slightly greater than normal binoculars).
To adequately capture a dim infra-red object (as he was claiming) requires an auto-tracking telescope of at least 8 inches (diameter not length), a supercooled CCD image sensor and a long exposure time. Please read up about infra-red astronomy on Wikipedia
Please also search on previous threads for "astrolpatroit" and deny ignorance.





yeah, I've been an amateur astronomer ever since I was a little kid. 

