Thread: Comet C/2008 Q3 Garradd + animation
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Old 03-05-2009, 08:12 AM
Rob_K
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Comet C/2008 Q3 Garradd + animation
This one's quite 'bright' (around mag 9) in morning skies after an outburst in late April. Imaged it this morning, as it moves into Pavo from Indus.

Piggybacked Canon 400D at 55mm, 3 x 3 min, ISO 1600, F/4.5. Fully hand-guided with slo-mo knob on EQ1 mount.

Also a little animation showing movement from when I imaged it early Thursday morning to this morning. About 2 deg 15'...

Cheers -
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Last edited by Rob_K; 03-05-2009 at 11:44 AM. Reason: Oops, Thursday morning!
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