Comet C/2012 K1 (36-Frame Looping Animation)

 

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Object:
Comet C/2012 K1 --- Also in the animation are many cosmic ray hits, and 2 satellites (one almost down the middle, and another barely inside the upper left corner).
Coordinates:

Telescope:
Meade 10" f/8 ACF
Mount:
Losmandy G11 German Equatorial
Guide Scope:
Orion ShortTube 80 refractor
Guide Camera:
Orion StarShoot AutoGuider with PHD guiding software
Imaging Camera:
QSI 583ws
Filters/Exposures:
Thirty-six 90-second exposures through Astrodon Luminance filter.  Processed in MaximDl and Photoshop.
Shooting Location:
Coinjock, NC (East Coast Star Party)
Date/Time:
02 June 2014
Comments:
Aprox. 1-hour of motion compressed to 4.5-seconds.