Comet 8P/Tuttle
Location
- Date - Time
Camera
Optics
Mount
Software
Conditions
Canon
350D modified by Hap.
Orion
Atlas mount Guided with Astro IIDC through Meade
SN-6" with I.S. DMK 21AF04.AS
Nebulosity
for capture Photoshop CS2 for post
processing
Transparency
, Seeing , Temperature +20 °F
Orion
80ED, WO 0.8 FR, with Astronomik CLS
Filter
Massapoag
Pond Observatory Lunenburg, MA - Jan. 7th 2008 @
7:00 PM EST
Notes
Comet
20 X
180sec frames 30 darks and flats ISO 1600.
8P/Tuttle
is a periodic comet in our solar system. After a
13.6-year absence, Comet 8P/Tuttle was once again
traveling through the inner solar system. The
closest approach to Earth was on Jan. 1st and
2nd, 2008. On December 30, 2007 it was in close
conjunction with spiral galaxy M33. Comet
8P/Tuttle is responsible for the Ursid meteor
shower in late December.
Comet
8P/Tuttle
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