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Comet LINEAR 2000/WM1 in Perseus (not for long!)

Telescope:

Tele-Vue 85 3.35" APO @ f5.6 (480mm)

Camera:

SBIG ST-237

Mount:

Losmandy G-11

Guidescope:

SBIG Efinder lens (100mm focal length)

Autoguider:

SBIG STV

Exposure:

Sixty 2min exposures taken over 2+ hour period (21 used in animation)

Processing:

Maxim DL dark subtracted, cropped to

200 x 300

Date:

Nov 9th, 2001

Location:

United Kingdom

Author:

Michael J. Chapa