Machholz on Nov 12, 2004

Comet Machholz on Nov 12, 2004

Date & Time:	Nov 12, 2004, from 26:33 to 26:47 JST(+0900)
	Composed 4 shots with 4 minutes exposed
Optical:	TAKAHASHI 12.5cm(4.9") fluorite refractor (f=1000mm, F8.0)
	Auto-guided with VIXEN ATLUX Equatorial
Digital Camera:	Fujifilm FinePix S2 Pro
Location:	Ooizumi, Hokuto city, Yamanashi pref.

Camera Settings:	Recording Format...12bit CCD-RAW, converted to 16bit TIFF(3024×2016)
	CCD Sensitivity...ISO1600, White Balance...Auto

In this day it was a bit hazy so I couldn't detect an ion tail captured on Nov 9. You can see only very distributed dust tail in western direction in this image. I have estimated the comet has a brightness of brighter than 8th magnitude. We can observe the comet almost all night in lower southern skies in November.

Machholz on Nov 20, 2004

Machholz on Nov 9, 2004

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