Comet I-Z

Comet Ikeya-Zhang put on a good show at the Central Florida Star Party on the 14th and 15th of March, '02. Here is a short image of it taken through the 80mm Stellarvue AT1010. As a result of the short exposure and near horizon view, the noise is relatively high.

Image info:

80mm piggybacked on a 12"LX200 with a Milburn Wedge

Starlight Express
MX7C

3x2mins

f/6

Stacked and processed in Astroart

Unguided

3.14.02

CFAS star party