Comet Machholz and M45

January 6. 2005

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 There
            has been few nights in recent weeks that have been clear enough
            to try shooting the comet as it approaches the Pleiades star
            cluster in Taurus. On January 6th, one day before the closest
            approach I got these images, of a very green comet and blue ion
            tail sweeping below the cluster before the clouds slammed shut
            again. The 10D is very good at shooting comets, and has an excellent
            spectral response for the emission lines in these solar system
            wanderers.
Instrument:  Canon Lenses: 17 - 40mm L, 28 - 135 EF
Platform:  Robotic Barn door mount
Camera:  Canon 10D
Exposure:  2 x 5m
Filters:  None
Location:  Payson, Arizona
Elevation:  5150 ft.
Sky:  Seeing  6/10, Transparency 5/10
Outside Temperature:  0 C
Processing Tools:  Photoshop CS, PixInsight
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