Astronomy Photos
13. It's a comet! Comet 103P/Hartley. A single image makes this one pretty tough to see, so I took 18 pictures over a 90 minute period, and assembled them into a video so you can see it move. The video is pretty short so set your video player to "repeat". Click here for the video.
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| Optics: | 6 inch Schmidt Cassegrain, 1500mm focal length, f/10 |
| Mount: | CG-5 ASGT |
| Camera: | Canon XTi, not modified |
| Filters: | None |
| Exposure: | 120 seconds each frame, iso 1600 |