Capturing Comet Machholz
Digital Astrophotography by Andy Weeks

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Comet Machholz and the Pleiades

 

Picture Data

  • Canon D30
  • Lens: 35-105mm Lens at 168mm; ISO 400
  • F/ratio: f/3.5
  • Exposure: 6 Minutes; composite of 10 - 30 second exposures stacked with Registax V3.
  • Filter: None
  • Date: January 6, 2005
  • Location: Saint Charles, Illinois - USA
  • Temp: 45o F
  • Dew: 5
  • Transparency: 4
  • Seeing: 6
  • Notes: Light pollution was average. Adjusted the curves and levels in Adobe Photoshop.