Celestial hemisphere:  Southern  ·  Constellation: Virgo (Vir)  ·  Contains:  Solar system body or event
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Comet 81P/Wild, apaquette
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Comet 81P/Wild

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Comet 81P/Wild

Taken 20100506

This was a frustrating session because clouds moved in shortly after I set up. The above image is composed of only 2 sets of LRGB data so it is quite noisy. I had hoped to take at least 10 sets.

Telescope:

  Celestron Edge HD 14"

  Hyperstar 3

Camera:

  QSI 538ws

Mount:

  Celestron CGE Pro

Guiding:

  Onyx 80EDF (Piggybacked)

  Lumenera Skynyx 2.0m

  MetaGuide

Filters:

  Astrodon E-series (31mm)

Software:

  MaximDL

  Custom

  ImagesPlus

  Photoshop

  SGBNR

Exposures:

  2x120s L,R,G,B

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Comet 81P/Wild, apaquette