Comet C/2004 Q2 Machholz Comet C/2004 Q2 Machholz


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31.12.2004 19:46 UT at altitude of 38 degrees. With a 20 arc second coma and tail to NE.

Imaged with a Canon EOS 20D on the focal plane of a 10" Meade LX200. Image covers an area of 46X32 arc minutes. Exposure time was two minutes at f/6.3. Camera setting were 1600ISO, daylight white balance and automatic dark subtraction. Image enhancements used were curves, unsharp masking, uneven area smoothing and made smaller for the Web.


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Shaking with Larson-Sekanina filter in AstroArt3 reveals the ion tail.


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