C/2007 N3 Lunin is a magnitude 11.8 comet in Sagittarius. It has a relative motion of 2.36 arc seconds per minute so I was limited to 120 second exposures when I imaged it to avoid blur.
Conditions were exceedingly poor in north central Illinois on the morning of July 27. The comet was only 27 degrees high and I could see no stars at all in the area. The only thing I saw in the area by unaided eye was Jupiter, and I saw one magnitude 7 star through my 4-inch refractor.
I was amazed that the Epsilon 160 f/3.3 astrograph and SXV-H9 camera could pick out details from the murk.
Images, associated data, and imaging notes at
http://home.att.net/~dpersyk/new.htm
Please take a look and give me some feedback. This was quite an imaging challenge for me. Thank you for visiting my site.
Clear skies,
Dennis Persyk
Igloo Observatory Home Page http://dpersyk.home.att.net
Hampshire, IL
Pier Design Paper: http://home.att.net/~dpersyk/Pier_Design.htm
Conditions were exceedingly poor in north central Illinois on the morning of July 27. The comet was only 27 degrees high and I could see no stars at all in the area. The only thing I saw in the area by unaided eye was Jupiter, and I saw one magnitude 7 star through my 4-inch refractor.
I was amazed that the Epsilon 160 f/3.3 astrograph and SXV-H9 camera could pick out details from the murk.
Images, associated data, and imaging notes at
http://home.att.net/~dpersyk/new.htm
Please take a look and give me some feedback. This was quite an imaging challenge for me. Thank you for visiting my site.
Clear skies,
Dennis Persyk
Igloo Observatory Home Page http://dpersyk.home.att.net
Hampshire, IL
Pier Design Paper: http://home.att.net/~dpersyk/Pier_Design.htm
