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Comet 8P/Tuttle (Approx mag6) in Pisces. Sumof ten x 30s exposures. 10" Meade LX200 SCT f4, Starlight Xpress MX5 CCD. Jan 2008 |
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Comet 17P/Holmes (Approx mag2.5) in Perseus. Average of ten x 30s exposures. 10" Meade LX200 SCT f4, Starlight Xpress MX5 CCD. October 2007 |
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Comet C/2006 M4 Swann (Approx mag4) in Corona Borealis. Montage of images, each a sum of 5 to 8 one minute exposures. 10" Meade LX200 SCT f4, Starlight Xpress MX5 CCD. October 2006 |
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Comet m4 Swan - in Corona Borealis at Mag 4, 10" Meade LX200 SCT f4, Starlight Xpress MX5 CCD. 8 x 60 second images summed on Comet. October 2006 |
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Comet 4P Faye (Mag 10) in Cetus. 10" Meade LX200 SCT f4, Starlight Xpress MX5 CCD. Sum of 8 one minute images. October 2006 |
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Comet 177P/Barnard - in Draco at Mag 11, 10" Meade LX200 SCT f4, Starlight Xpress MX5 CCD. 10 x 60 second images summed on Comet. September 2006 |
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Comet 73P Schwassmann-Wachmann -fragment B - in Corona Borealis at Mag 7.9, 10" Meade LX200 SCT f4, Starlight Xpress MX5 CCD. 10 x 30 second images summed on Comet. April 2006 |
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Comet 73P Schwassmann-Wachmann -fragment C - in Corona Borealis at Mag 8.5, 10" Meade LX200 SCT f4, Starlight Xpress MX5 CCD. 9 x 30 second images summed on Comet. April 2006 |
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Comet 73P Schwassmann-Wachmann -fragment G (showing at least 3 pieces of the comet) - in Corona Borealis at Mag 12, 10" Meade LX200 SCT f4, Starlight Xpress MX5 CCD. 10 x 30 second images. April 2006 |
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Comet 73P Schwassmann-Wachmann -fragment C - in Corona Borealis at Mag 8.8, 10" Meade LX200 SCT f4, Starlight Xpress MX5 CCD. 7 x 30 second images summed on Comet. April 2006 |
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Comet/2002 Q2 Machholz in Ursa Major at Mag 9.4, 10" Meade LX200 SCT f4, Starlight Xpress MX5 CCD. 6 x 60 second images summed on Comet. May 2005 |
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Comet/2002 Q2 Machholz in Aries at Mag 4.1 - showing detail in the tail, 10" Meade LX200 SCT f4, Starlight Xpress MX5 CCD. 10 x 60 second images summed on Comet. Jan 2005 |
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Comet/2002 Q2 Machholz in Aries at Mag 4.1, 10" Meade LX200 SCT f4, Starlight Xpress MX5 CCD. 10 x 60 second images summed on Comet. Jan 2005 |
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Comet 2001 Q4 NEAT in Cancer at Mag 2.0., 10" Meade LX200 SCT f4, Starlight Xpress MX5 CCD. 8 x 30 second images summed on Comet. May 2004 |
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Comet 2002 T7 Linear, in Pisces, Magnitude 7.8, 10" LX200, Starlight Xpress MX5 CCD. Sum of 11 x 1 minute exposures. Jan 2004 |
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Comet Ikeya-Zhang. Wide field view ( 1 x 1.5 degrees), 200mm f3.5 lens, guided by 10" LX200, Starlight Xpress MX5 CCD. May 2002. Sum of ten 1 minute exposures. Note 6th mag star to the right of the comet nucleus in the tail. More Pictures of Comet Ikeya-Zhang here |
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Comet Ikeya-Zhang, Mag 5, in Draco, 10" LX200, Starlight Xpress MX5 CCD. Sum of ten 1 minute exposures. May 2002. |
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Tail of Comet Ikeya-Zhang, Mag 5, in Draco,10" LX200, Starlight Xpress MX5 CCD. May 2002. Sum of ten 30 second exposures. |
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Tail of Comet Ikeya-Zhang, Mag 5, in Draco,10" LX200, Starlight Xpress MX5 CCD. May 2002. Sum of five 1 minute exposures. Note 6th mag star in the tail and the clear bifurcation of the tail. Follows on from picture above |
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Comet Ikeya-Zhang, Mag 3.5 in Andromeda, 10" LX200 at f6.3, Starlight Xpress MX5 CCD. Two 30 second exposures summed on the comet : effective exposure 1 minute. 29th March 2002. |
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Comet WM1 Linear - Mag 7.5, in Perseus. 10" LX200 at f4, Starlight Xpress MX5 CCD. Multiple 1 minute exposures summed on the comet : effective exposure 5 minutes. 14th November 2001. |
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Comet WM1 Linear - Mag 8.5, in Perseus. 10" LX200 at f4, Starlight Xpress MX5 CCD. Multiple 1 minute exposures summed on the comet : effective exposure 8 minutes. 11th November 2001. |
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Comet A2 Linear - Mag 6.5, in Pegasus. 10" LX200 at f4, Starlight Xpress MX5 CCD. Multiple 1 minute exposures summed on the comet : effective exposure 10 minutes. July 2001. |
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Comet A2 Linear - Mag 6.8, in Vulpecula. 10" LX200 at f4, Starlight Xpress MX5 CCD. Multiple 1 minute exposures summed on the comet : effective exposure 15 minutes. July 2001. |
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Comet A2 Linear - Mag 6.8, in Vulpecula. 10" LX200 at f4, Starlight Xpress MX5 CCD. Multiple 1 minute exposures summed on the comet : effective exposure 15 minutes. July 2001. Processed with Kirsch filter shows the dust shells around the nucleus. |
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Comet A2 Linear - Mag 6.8, in Vulpecula. 200mm f3.5 lens guided by10" LX200, Starlight Xpress MX5 CCD. Multiple 3 minute exposures summed on the comet : effective exposure 12 minutes. Field of View 1'x1.5'. July 2001. |
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Comet 1999 T1 McNaught-Hartley - Mag 10, in Virgo. 10" LX200 at f4, Starlight Xpress MX5 CCD. Multiple 3 minute exposures summed on the comet : effective exposure 15 minutes. April 2001. |
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Comet 1999 S4 Linear, Mag about 6.5, July 14th 2000, in Camelopardarlis, 10" Meade LX200 SCT f4.2, Starlight Xpress MX5 CCD. 10 x 30 second exposures summed on the comet nucleus. Another pic here on 20th July. |
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Comet 1999 S4 linear, in Perseus. Taken when Mag 14. Note tail to the right. This comet is predicted to be naked eye visibility in July 2000. 10" Meade LX200 SCT f6.3, Starlight Xpress MX5 CCD. Multiple exposures : Effective integration time 12 minutes - summed on the comet (hence stars are rows of dots) |
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Comet Lee - Mag 8, in Camelopardarlis. 10" LX200 at f6.3, Starlight Xpress MX5 CCD. Multiple one minute exposures summed on the comet : effective exposure 10 minutes. |
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Comet P/1998 U3 Jager. Magnitude about 10.5, on borders of Auriga and Gemini. 10" Meade LX200 f6.3, Starlight Xpress MX5 CCD. Single three minute exposure. February 1999. |
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Comet M5 Linear. Magnitude about 9.6, in Gemini. 6" Carl Zeiss f15 Coude refractor, Starlight Xpress MX5 CCD. Multiple exposures summed on comet: Effective integration time 5 minutes. March 1999. |
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Comet Temple-Tuttle. January 1998. 10" Orion Optics GX250 Newtonian f4.8, Starlight Xpress MX5 CCD. Multiple exposures, summed on comet : Effective integration time 6.5 minutes. |
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Comet 1997 J2 Meunier-Dupouy. August 1998. 10" Meade LX200 SCT f6.3, Starlight Xpress MX5 CCD. Multiple exposures, summed on comet : Effective integration time 8 minutes. |
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Comet Giacobini-Zinner at October 1998. 10" LX200 at f6.3, Starlight Xpress MX5 CCD. Sum of 8 frames, each 1 minute exposure, summed on the comet. |
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Comet Hale Bopp, 1997, 200mm lens, 35mm camera, asa800 film, 3 minute exposure. |
