October 2006 Observations

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Comet Swan
Imaged on October 30, 2006
with a StellaCam II, Celestron C8-N

306 images, 8.5 seconds each;
Image integrated with RegiStax 4


Comet Swan
Imaged on October 29, 2006
with a StellaCam II, Celestron C8-N

211 images, 8.5 seconds each;
Image integrated with RegiStax 4

Another image
50 images, 8.5 seconds each



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Comet Swan
Imaged on October 15, 2006
with a StellaCam II, Celestron C8-N

270 images, 8.5 seconds each;
Image integrated with RegiStax


Comet Swan
Imaged on October 14, 2006
with a StellaCam II, Celestron C8-N

210 images, 8.5 seconds each;
Image integrated with RegiStax



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Comet Swan
Imaged on October 13, 2006
with a StellaCam II, Celestron C8-N
Image integrated with RegiStax

I changed the orientation of the camera to accomodate more tail.


Comet Swan
Imaged on October 9, 2006
with a StellaCam II, Celestron C8-N
Image integrated with RegiStax

This is a difficult comet to image as it is close to the NW horizon at sunset.



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Comet Swan
Imaged on October 8, 2006
with a StellaCam II, Celestron C8-N

65 images, 8.5 seconds each;
Images integrated with RegiStax

Imaging was difficult at best as the comet was less than 10 degrees above the north-west horizon and deeply mired in the light pollution cauldron of Frederick Maryland. The moon, one day past full was lurking too.

M57 39 images, 8.5 seconds each;
M27 22 images, 8.5 seconds each;


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