Comet Tuttle, 1980 & 2008

My first apparition of Comet Tuttle was in 1980. Below is a page from  the Black River Astronomical Society's Logbook.



Comet Tuttle, 2008

I haven't had much in the way of clear sky since Comet Tuttle became accessible to my modest instrumentation. On the night of the 23rd I got about 30 minutes of (somewhat) clear sky
and shot the images below. First, is simply a straight on image thru the Orion 120mm F/5.0.

Next I arranged the camera to get M31 in the field. I used the 75-300 kit lens that came with my Canon 30D.

That done, I moved the camera to get Comet Holmes in the image. While doing so, it clouded up and hasn't been clear since.