Comet Linear 1999 S4

Cherry Springs State Park, PA - July 6, 2000

by Tom Orff and Gary Honis - GHAAS

Starlight Express MX5 CCD camera and 10" LX200 telescope with f/3.3 focal reducer.

ANIMATIONS: For an .AVI file animation of the comet click the following. Note that this is a large file (2.2M) and will take a long time to load. You can save it for viewing off line or view the animation online. The animation was made from 13 two minute images.

linear5.avi....... (For a smaller 500K online version click here)


For a longer animation file of 21 one minute exposures click the following. This is a very long file (3.5M):

linear6d.avi ....... (For a smaller 1.1M online version click here)


IMAGES: Click on the thumbnails to view larger images with descriptions:

 

For more animations and images see Tom Orff's web site at:

http://www.haven.k12.pa.us/orfft/linear1.html

For more animations and images taken by Gary with a peltier cooled greyscale quickcam see:

http://members.tripod.com/~ghonis/0708grey.htm

http://users.nni.com/ghaas/linear/072000.htm

http://users.nni.com/ghaas/linear/072200.htm