Comet Broughton on Dec 28, 2008


Date & Time: Dec 28 2008, from 25:13 to 25:39 JST(+0900)
Composed 5 shots with 6 minutes exposed
Optical: Meade 25cm(10") Schmidt-Cassegrain with a conversion lens (f=1760mm, F7.1)
Auto-guided with Meade LX200 Equatorial & Pictor 201XT
Digital Camera: Nikon D80 (Remodeled)
Location: Ooizumi, Hokuto city, Yamanashi pref.

Camera Settings: Recording Format...12bit CCD-RAW, converted to 16bit TIFF(3872×2592)
CCD Sensitivity...ISO3200


This image shows you the comet Broughton positioned in northern region of Lynx, almost same region with that in last month. The comet has a coma with 11th magnitude, and a dust tail a bit dimmer compared with that captured in last month.


Broughton on Jan 17, 2009
Broughton on Nov 28, 2008

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