Comets and Galaxies and Frostbite, oh my!

So today the sky was nice and clear so I headed up to Glen Fruin to see if I could find a decent spot there. I found a gate to a field with plenty of space and planted myself there and then proceeded to freeze to the ground. The wind was so cold! The wind was also incredibly strong, so most of my photos are a wee bit odd looking due to the camera moving.

Anyway, I managed to find the comet 17p Holmes and got a shot of it.



I also pointed my camera at Andromeda (M31) but since it's so faint and I don't have an equatorial mount for my camera, the exposure time's quite short and you can't make Andromeda out too well.



See it up there, the biggest blur?

After I decided my hands were too frozen to stay there any longer I headed down to Duck Bay Marina and took some photos down there. Mostly just of the lights I could see across the loch, but I got a nice one of Ursa Major.