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.