Comet Pojmanski on early morning of Mar 4, 2006


Date & Time: Mar 3 2006, from 28:36 to 28:57 JST(+0900)
Composed 4shots with 6 minutes exposed
Optical: TAKAHASHI 12.5cm(4.9") fluorite refractor (f=1000mm, F8.0)
Auto-guided with VIXEN ATLUX Equatorial & Meade Pictor 201XT
Digital Camera: Nikon D70 (Remodeled)
Location: Ooizumi, Hokuto city, Yamanashi pref.

Camera Settings: Recording Format...12bit CCD-RAW, converted to 16bit TIFF(3008×2000)
CCD Sensitivity...ISO1250



Date & Time: Mar 3 2006, from 28:48 to 28:58 JST(+0900)
Composed 4shots with 3 minutes exposed
Optical: AF zoom-Nikkor 24-85mm (f=85mm, Aperture: F4.8)
Auto-guided with VIXEN ATLUX Equatorial
Digital Camera: Fujifilm FinePix S2Pro
Location: Ooizumi, Hokuto city, Yamanashi pref.

Camera Settings: Recording Format...12bit CCD-RAW, converted to 16bit TIFF(3024×2016)
CCD Sensitivity...ISO800, White Balance...Auto


Comet Pojmanski in that day has positioned in east edge of Aquila, about 14 degrees southeast from Altair. The comet has a tiny coma with its brightness of about 5th magnitude and an ion tail stretched over 10 degrees in west direction. We had only 30 minutes or so for observation of the comet till the beginning of twilight, but I could enjoy appreciating the comet with naked eyes and a binocular.


Pojmanski on early morning of Mar 5, 2006
Schwassmann-Wachmann 3 on Sep 23, 2006

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