Comets:
Comet Hyakatake 90mm Mak f8 10 min. Fugi HG400
Comet C/1995O1, Hale-Bopp in Ophiuchus, August 09, 1996, 0530 UT, 90mm Mak f/8, Kodak Gold 400 film 10 min, mag 5.5. 6 months before reaching naked eye splendor, the comet is still beyond the orbit of Jupiter, so it's brightness can be appreciated.
Comet Hale-Bopp 90mm Mak f/8 10 min. Fugi HG400
Comet Hale-Bopp 90mm Mak f/8 12 min. Fugi HG400
Comet C/1995O1, Hale-Bopp, 20 cm SCT, 190X Visual nucleus detail.
Comet Hale-Bopp 90mm Mak f/8 3-5 min. Fugi HG400 Feb 26 through Apr 25, 1997
C/2000WM1 Nov 17, 2001 500mm f/5.6 8 minutes
Ikeya Zhang May 11, 2002 500mm f/5.6 8 minutes
Comet C/2002T7, estimated mag 8.7 , 12 cm refractor, December 16, 2003 0200 UT , reversed in diagonal, 100X CE-1 filter, Starry Night Simulation at right.
Comet C/2002T7, estimated mag 8.5 , 12 cm refractor guiding on comet, December 22, 2003 0300 UT , 90mm Mak f/5.6, Fuji Superia 800 film, 10 minute exposure. Note M33 at upper left.
Comet C/2002T7, detail.
Comet C/2002T7, estimated mag 7 , 12 cm refractor guiding on comet,February 13, 2004 0200 UT, and February 17, 2004 0230 UT , 90mm Mak f/5.6, Fuji Superia 800 film, 6 minute exposure. Bright star is Algenib, the lower left star of the square of Pegasus. From Blackfoot.
Comet C/2001Q4 Neat, estimated mag 3.8, M44 at lower right, 6" refractor guiding on comet, EQ6 Mount, May 16, 2004 0530 UT, 200mm f/4, Fuji Superia 800 film, 5 minute exposure. From Blackfoot-Waskehegan.
Comet C/2001Q4 Neat, estimated mag 3.8, 80mm f/5 refractor piggyback, 6" refractor guiding on comet, EQ6 Mount, May 16, 2004 0530 UT, Fuji Superia 800 film, 5 minute exposure. From Blackfoot-Waskehegan.
Comet C/2001Q4 Neat, greyscale nuclear detail.
Comet C/2001Q4 Neat, estimated mag 4, 6" refractor guiding on comet, EQ6 Mount, May 24, 2004 0600 UT, 200mm f/4, Fuji Superia 800 film, 4 minute exposure, crescent moon nearby. From Blackfoot-Waskehegan.
Comet C/2001Q4 Neat, estimated mag 4, 6" refractor guiding on comet, EQ6 Mount, May 24, 2004 0630 UT, 200mm f/4, Fuji Superia 800 film, 3 minute exposure. From Blackfoot-Waskehegan.
Comet C/2001Q4 Neat, greyscale nuclear detail.
Comet C/2003 K4 LINEAR, in northern Bootes, estimated mag 6.5, 6" refractor guiding on comet, EQ6 Mount, July 13, 2004 0630 UT, 200mm f/4, Kodak Elite Chrome 200 film, stacked 4 x 5 minute exposures with Registax. From Blackfoot-Waskehegan.
Comet C/2003 K4 LINEAR, July 13, 2004 0630 UT, greyscale coma detail.
Comet C/2001Q4 Neat, color and greyscale, July 13, 2004, est mag 7.8, Elite Chrome 200, 5 min. 200mm f/4.
Enhanced detail with tails.
C/2004 Q2 28 Dec 2004, 2000 MST, 200mm lens f/4 7 minutes, Elitechrome 200.
C/2004 Q2 28 Dec 2004, 2015 MST, 90mm Mak f/8 5 and 6 minutes respectively, Fuji 800.
C/2004 Q2 coma/tail detail.
C/2004 Q2 31 January 2005, 2100 MST, 200mm lens f/4 6 minutes, Elitechrome 200, from Edmonton.
C/2004 Q2 9 February 2005, 2100 MST, 200mm lens f/4 5 minutes, Elitechrome 200, from Edmonton.
A series shot at f/8 due to light polution from in town Wetaskiwin piggyback on 6" refractor, EQ6 mount.
October 8th, 2006, 0117 to 0140 UT.
Pentax *istDs, iso 1600, noise reduction on, processed in PhotoShop.
45 seconds
48 seconds
51 seconds
60 seconds
Detail 4 images stacked.
Faint tail
October 12th, 2006, 0230 UT, Pentax *istDs, iso 1600, 30 sec. from raw files.
Detail, seeing 4/10, transparency 3/5.
October 23, 2006, 0240 UT TV102 prime focus 15 seconds iso 800.
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