Comet Schwassmann - Wachmann 73/P

    Fragment "C" of Schwassmann - Wachmann as it was drifting through Corona Borealis

Image Details:

• Scope: Celestron Ultima 8 OTA.
• Mount: Celestron AS-GT.
• Camera: Adirondack Video Astronomy Stellacam II.
• Configuration: f/3.3 focal reducer, visual back .
• Effective Focal Length: 609mm, f/3.
• Guiding: None.
• Location: Chiefland Spring Picnic, Chiefland, FL       
• Date: 28 April 2006.
• Post Processing: Registax 3, Adobe Photoshop.
• Procedures: Video recorded to DVD, converted to .avi (with FlaskMPEG), stacked with Registax 3, and processed with Photoshop.

We've been without a Great Comet since Hale-Bopp took off for the outer darkness quite a while back. But we have had some surprisingly nice little guys in the interim. This one put on quite a show, fragmented in multiple pieces as it was.

The Stellacam video was stacked in Registax 3 (I told the program to "track" on the comet head...this little sucker was moving fast)...

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