Comet C/2004 Q2 (Machholz) Home

This is my first attempt at a comet.  Machholz was quite bright as comets go, but even so not very bright.  Also I had not realised just how quickly comets move, and I have no way to make my telescope track the comet as it moves relative to the stars, so the picture is probably blurred by its motion. I tried two different exposures and they did not align correctly when aligned on the stars.  I don't know why the stars look the way they do either.



Date and Time 12th January 2005 20:52 to 19:43 UT
Camera Modified Vesta 675K
Telescope LX200
Capture K3CCDTools. High gamma, 5", 62% gain
Processing K3CCDTools.

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