Images below were taken unguided with a modified Digital Rebel through Orion ED80 Refractor with Televue .80X Reducer. The ED80 was piggybacked on a Meade 10 inch LX200. A Baader UV/IR filter was used. All exposures were for two minutes and at ISO 1600. Images Plus, Photoshop and NEAT Image Pro were used for image processing.

Comet Swan - Image:

Moonlight hampered imaging of comet. 18 two-minute exposures were combined in Images Plus using Adaptive Addition with alignment centered on the comet nucleus:

The comet's tail appears to have thinned since I imaged it on October 26, three nights earlier. Here's a comparison:

CLICK HERE for images and a 3.5 hour animation of Comet Swan on October 26, 2006.

CLICK HERE for an image and animation of Comet Swan on October 21, 2006.

CLICK HERE for an image and animation of Comet Swan on October 15, 2006.

For detailed directions for converting a Canon Digital Rebel for infrared and astro imaging CLICK HERE.

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