20:37UT 20 X 16 seconds

22:50UT 1 X 16 seconds

CCD-camera:	Starlight Xpress MX5-C USB	with Sony ICX055CK chip & 1.6 focal reducer
Software:	AstroArt v2.0, MaxImDL v2.09, PhotoImpact 6	Windows98 & 2000

21:00UT 48X10seconds

21:16UT 48X10seconds

21:30UT 40X10seconds

Animation of 10 images

Seeing was not perfect and comets tail was fading as seen in these poor images.

Site:	Sondby, Porvoo, Finland	60°15'40.3" N, 25°47'36.8" E
Time:	Eastern Europen Time zone (UT+02)	6.4.2002 23:00
Camera:	Olympus Camedia 3030Z	on a tripod
Software:	MaxImDL v2.09, PhotoImpact 6, Paint Shop Pro 7.04	Windows2000

20:00UT 5X16seconds

20:28UT 5X16seconds

Comet was too low for an evening object to be imaged with a digital pocket camera.The first one is a set of TIFF images dark subtracted in Paint Shop Proand the second a set of JPEG's calibrated in MaxImDL,all combined in MaxImDL and cropped in PhotoImpact.

Site:	Sondby, Porvoo, Finland	60°15'40.3" N, 25°47'36.8" E
Time:	Eastern Europen Time zone (UT+03)	5.4.2002 21:30-23:45
Telescope:	Meade LX200 10" f/6.3	"Kenny"
Camera:	Canon EOS-1v	on top of the telescope
Lens:	Canon EF 200mm f/1.8 L USM	at f/3.2
Film:	Kodak Ektachrome EPH P1600X slide	1600 ASA
Software:	PhotoImpact 6 , Olympus ES-10 Ver 1.33	Windows98 & 2000

18:12UT 142 seconds with 200mm

18:17UT 253 seconds with 200mm

18:24UT 300 seconds on focal plane

18:31UT 120 seconds on focal plane

Camera:	Olympus Camedia 3030Z	on top of the telescope
Software:	MaxImDL v2.09, PhotoImpact 6	Windows2000

19:04-19:24UT 40X16 seconds

20:40UT Viewing the comet

Comet had past Andromeda Galaxy (M31) and is now circum polar. Minor light pollution was present as shown.

Sites:	Helsinki-Malmi Airport, Helsinki, Finland
and	Hakkilankulma, Vantaa
Time:	Eastern Europen Time zone (UT+03)	4.4.2002 22:00-23:15
Camera:	Olympus Camedia 3030Z	on a tripod
Software:	MaxImDL v2.09, PhotoImpact 6	Windows2000

19:22UT Total of 3 minutes	19:28UT Wider view of light pollution at the airport
20:00UT Total of 2 minutes	20:07UT Wider view of light pollution at Hakkilankulma

Comet was near Andromeda Galaxy (M31). Light pollution was present as shown.

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Currently best comet information pages by Seiichi Yoshida
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The finnish internet space news
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