C/2009P1 Comet Garradd and M15 Globular Star Cluster

 

Garradd

Object:
Comet Garradd (C/2009P1) near the globular star cluster M15
Coordinates:

Telescope:
Televue NP-101 (4-inch f/5.4 APO refractor)
Mount:
Losmandy G11 German Equatorial
Guide Scope:
Stellarvue S80/9D refractor supported by a Robin Casady TGAD (Tandem Guidescope Aiming Device)
Guide Camera:
Orion StarShoot AutoGuider & PHD guiding software
Imaging Camera:
Canon 20Da
Filters/Exposures:
One 3-minute exposure @ ISO 800, processed in Photoshop
Shooting Location:
Tree Farm Campground in Springfield, VT
Date/Time:
3 August 2011, 03:54 UTC
Comments:
Taken during my 2-week stay at Tree Farm. This is just 1 frame out of 52 taken over a 2.7 hour period.  All 52 frames were used to make a time-lapse video clip (play-time = 6.5 seconds).