Derby and District Astronomical Society
Comet Machholz (C/2004 Q2)
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The following image of Comet Machholz was taken by Adrian Brown on the 8th January 2005 using an ATK-1C camera attached to an 11-inch Celestron at f/6.3. It is constructed from eleven 40 second exposures. Image Cedit: Adrian Brown.
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This image of Comet Machholz and the Pleiades is a combination of 25 stacked images taken by Chris Newsome on the 8th January 2005 from Allestree in Derby. Each image was a 30 second exposure, at a 400ASA setting taken through a 380mm Minolta Z2 Digital Camera, piggybacked on an equatorially mounted Meade ETX-105. The images were stacked and aligned in Registax. The final combined image was adjusted for contrast and brightness in Adobe Photoshop. Image Cedit: Chris Newsome.
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| Chris Newsome took the following image of Comet Machholz near the Pleiades on 6th January 2005. It is a composite of ten 30 second exposures taken using a 380 mm Minolta Z2 camera at 200ASA and f/5. The images were stacked in Registax and contrast adjusted in Adobe Photoshop. Image Cedit: Chris Newsome. |
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The following image of Comet Machholz (C/2004 Q2) was captured by Chris Newsome on 26th December 2004. The image is a stack of fifteen 30 second exposures from a guided Minolta camera at 200 ASA. Image Cedit: Chris Newsome.
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