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Veteran comet hunter Don Machholz has discovered his 10.th comet :
Comet Machholz -
3 x 4 minutes Focal Length 200.0 mm -
starting 03-03-2005 20:27:34 UT.
Photographers Thomas and Simon.
At duty that night : by Tom, Maria, Karen, Bjarke , Thomas, Simon.
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Comet is seen on the Milkyway background - object on upper part of the image - 1 o'clock - is the young star cluster IC 1848 - distance 6900 Light Years . Click for comparison with map
Photo : by Maria Schtt and Karen P. Olsen - 11x210 Sec = 2300 Sec Exposure, Jan 28-29. Weather conditions - moonlight - sky closing by clouds / snow. Data : 200 mm Canon f4 tele - cropped - image size - about 3,5 Degrees vertical.
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Data : Canon EOS 10 D mounted at f = 800 mm - 44 x 120 sec - Jan 13, 2005
Sky conditions : dark sky, but high haze.
Photographers :
Tom, Simon, Thomas, Kasper, Maria , Rikke, Bjarke and Steffen from the the astronomy class - as well as our visting school class that cold and busy night
- Sundeved Efterskole.
The orbital period of this comet is nothing less than 106 000 years..
Data : Canon EOS 10 D mounted at f = 200 mm
Sky conditions : difficult - half moon very close by, drifting clouds.
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Data : Canon EOS 10 D mounted at f = 800 mm - 5 x 120 sec - Jan 12, 2005
Sky conditions : dark sky, but drifting clouds, and gale.
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Faint ion tail visible at position 10 o'clock, dust tail at 3 o'clock :
Data : Canon EOS 10 D mounted at f = 800 mm - 3 x 120 sec - Dec 18 2004 - starting at - 20:09:05 UT ending 20:15:47.
Sky conditions : bad - moon light, drifting clouds and high haze .
Copyfree image provided this source : "Observatory at EUC Syd and AGS" - is mentioned, informed, and linked.
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Data : Canon EOS 10 D mounted at f = 800 mm - 6 x 120 sec - Dec 22 2004 - starting at - 22:59:23 UT ending 23:11:45.
Sky conditions : VERY bad - moon right above comet, once again drifting clouds.
Photo by : Jrn Christensen, Jeppe Overbeck Petersen , Sean Paulsen, Jens Riggelsen.
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