Comet Catalina
Taken by Jan Curtis on December 22, 2015 @
Cheyenne, WY
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Details:
Imaging telescopes or lenses: Nikon NIKKOR 180 F2,8 AIS ED
Imaging cameras: Nikon d7100
Mounts: ORION Sirius EQ-G
Guiding telescopes or lenses: Nikon NIKKOR 180 F2,8 AIS ED
Software: PixInsight 1.8 Ripley PixInsight , Photoshop CS 6 Adobe, Noel Carboni's Astro Tools for PhotoShop Noel Carboni Actions
Resolution: 2614x3008
Dates: Dec. 22, 2015
Frames: 20x60" ISO3200
Integration: 0.3 hours
Avg. Moon age: 11.03 days
Avg. Moon phase: 85.06%
Bortle Dark-Sky Scale: 5.00
Temperature: -2.00
RA center: 212.571 degrees
DEC center: 5.730 degrees
Pixel scale: 4.475 arcsec/pixel
Orientation: 90.009 degrees
Field radius: 3.094 degrees
Locations: Home observatory, Cheyenne, WY (elevation: 6014'), United States
Description
In this image the comet is fixed against moving stars. The star trails have several gaps in which high clouded subs were removed. In total, about a third of my subs were removed during my 50 minute exposure session. However, the finer details of Catalina's ion tail can be seen.
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