Fragment
"C" of Comet 73P/Schwassmann-Wachmann
Animation
by Gary Honis
This animation
covers a 1 hour 50 minute period - 10:20 pm on 4/26/06 to 12:10
am on 4/27/06. It is 1.6 Megs in size.
- Camera: Image
taken with a modified
Canon Rebel Digital SLR Camera
- Scope: Imaged
through Orion ED 80 refractor w f/6.3 focal reducer
- Guiding:
Manually guided on comet nucleus with 20 inch Starmaster Alt-Az
Dobsonian with GOTO Skytracker
- Guide eyepiece:
10mm reticle eyepiece with 3X barlow
- Exposures:
Twenty-two 30-second exposures and nine 60-second exposures at
ISO 1600
- Software:
Field rotation of alt-az mount was corrected with Images Plus
software.
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