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.

 

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