2009_03_01, Paul Dybvig, Comet Lulin

All images in this gallery: 14-inch Mak-Newt, F4.5 on a ParamountME mount, using a Canon Digital Rebel 350xt (ISO 800) modified by HuTech. HuTech IDAS-P2-FF filter (light pollution front filter for the Canon).

FOV: about 0.8 X 0.53 degrees.

Guide scope is a Borg 101ED using an Orion SSAG autoguider. Also using TheSky 6, ImagesPlus, MaximDL, and PhotoShop CS2. No stacking. No dark or flat field frames.
© 2009 Paul Dybvig. All rights reserved.



comet lulin 300sec unguided.jpg

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Comet Lulin
Sunday, March 1, 2009

Exposure: 300 sec., unguided

Note the difference between tracking on the comet and tracking at the normal sidereal rate.
© 2009 Paul Dybvig. All rights reserved.
comet lulin 600 sec guided.jpg

1280 x 853 | 1/2 | 1/4 size
Comet Lulin
Sunday, March 1, 2009

Exposure: 600 sec., guided

Note the difference between tracking on the comet and tracking at the normal sidereal rate.
© 2009 Paul Dybvig. All rights reserved.