Wednesday 16th of September 2009 | Bob Christmas
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Below is Comet Christensen (C/2006 W3) in Aquila, within the cacaphony of stars that is the Summer Milky Way.
Equipment: Canon Digital Rebel 300D, Tamron 300mm f/2.8 telephoto lens on Super Polaris mount at ISO 1600.
Location: Spectacle Lake, Barry Bay, ON, around midnight September 15 –> 16, 2009.
Excerpt from an image which is a composite of 11 shots (11 X 65.18 seconds (on average)) = 11 minutes 57 seconds of total exposure.
Stacked and processed using DSS.
Comet Christensen (C/2006 W3) by Bob Christmas
Magitude of this comet is approximately 8.5.
This comet is moving southword through Auriga for the balance of September and part of October.
More info and finder charts here:
http://www.aerith.net/comet/catalog/2006W3/2006W3.html
