Comet Pojmanski on early morning of Mar 5, 2006


Date & Time: Mar 4 2006, from 28:42 to 28:58 JST(+0900)
Composed 4shots with 5 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 4 2006, from 28:41 to 28:51 JST(+0900)
Composed 4shots with 3 minutes exposed
Optical: AF zoom-Nikkor 80-200mmF2.8 (f=200mm, Aperture: F2.8)
Auto-guided with Kenko SKYMEMO 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


The comet Pojmanski in that day has been lying almost same position with it in the previous day, has a 5th magnitude coma and a long ion tail. The comet at this time has almost maximum brightness, we will be able to chase the comet till about May moving toward north along the eastern edge of the Milky Way.


Pojmanski on early morning of Apr 1, 2006
Pojmanski on early morning of Mar 4, 2006

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