Comet 2P Encke in 2003

Subject:Comet 2P Encke 15/16-Nov-2003
Telescope:Takahashi CN-212 Newtonian f/3.9
Mount:Losmandy G-11
Imager:SBIG ST-7 non-E non-ABG -15C, no filters
Image Details:A cold night! This is a FAST moving comet. Through the collaboration with Vishnu Reddy, we found it and imaged it. We then shared the results real-time over the internet. These are cool times!

The first image is 1 minute.
The second image is 2 minutes.
The third image is 5 minutes.
Note how much the comet has moved through this frame in the 10 minutes it took for these three images!


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