14 Jul
2011
14 Jul
'11
4:28 a.m.
C/2009 P1 (Garradd) in a moonlight saturated sky. C-14 @ f/5.5, ST-10XME binned 3x3 and cooled to -10, 7 30 second exposures each taken ~10 minutes apart this morning between 0842 and 0942 UT. FOV is about 18x26 arc minutes. No special processing. Just applied a dark and a flat. I just realized I forgot to flip the images so south is up and east to the right. So best viewed when standing on one's head. Looking forward to seeing this one brighten as some are predicting. http://users.wirelessbeehive.com/~paw/temp/C2009P1.GIF Original FIT images available to anyone who would like to play with them. patrick 718