2002V1 NEAT on Jan 25, 2003

Comet 2002V1 NEAT on Jan 25, 2003

Date & Time:	Jan 25 2003, from 18:37 to 19:01 JST(+0900)
	Composed 9 shots with 60sec exposed
Optical:	Meade 25cm(10")Schmidt-Cassegrain with conversion lens, afocal method with LV25mm eyepiece
	Synthesized focal length f=384mm (equivalent f=2560mm in 35mm film format)
	Auto-guided with Meade LX200 Equatorial
Digital Camera:	Casio QV2800UX
Location:	Ooizumi vil., Yamanashi pref.

Camera Settings:	Mode...1600×1200 FINE
	Lens...f=6.0mm (equivalent f=40mm in 35mm film format), stop: F3.2
	CCD sensitivity...ISO320, White Balance...Daylight

Comet 2002V1 NEAT was positioned in the western Pisces in this day, I could detect it through a portable binocular. The comet has a visual brightness of about 6th magnitude, and has a dimmed ion tail stretched toward east. But thin clouds prevented me shooting clearly.

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