Comet Schwassmann - Wachmann 1
29P
Faint comet in Sagittarius
Uploaded 9/4/16

 

            
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This
            comet is currently at 14th magnitude, and well within the rich
            starfields of the southern Milkyway. The comet is just above
            the triangle of orange stars above center in this image, which
            spans half a degree.
Instrument:  12.5" f/5 Home made Newtonian
Mount:  Astrophysics 1200 QMD
CCD Camera:  SBIG 10XME NABG with Enhanced Water Cooling
Guider: Meade DSI Pro  w/Lumicon Newt Easy Guider
Exposure:  RGB = 5:5:5
AstroDon RGB Combine Ratio:  1: 1.05: 1.2
Location:  Payson, Arizona, Elevation:  5150 ft.
Sky:  Seeing FWHM = 5 arcsec (Maxim DL - 10min subframe), Transparency 8/10
Outside Temperature:  65 F
CCD Temperature:  -20 C
Image Processing Tools: 
Maxim DL:  Calibration, deblooming (Starizona Debloomer), aligning, stacking
PixInsight:  Curves, Deconvolution
Photoshop CS2:  Curves, Color Correction, Gradient removal (Grad Xterminator), Cleanup

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