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Photo which intended to record Comet Wiseman-Skiff
 
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Object(s):
Comet Wiseman-Skipp

Description:
Photo of starfield which was predicted to contain comet Wiseman-Skiff, however it seems that the comet magnitude was too low to be recorded on film.

Positions of Wiseman-Skiff Comet calculated using TheSky program for 1999-12-29 to 2000-01-04, at 2 day intervals.

Date/Time:
2000-01-03   23:12 UT [2000-01-03.96667]

Astrophoto Image:
File: Wiseman-Skiff-20000103.jpg (28 kb)
Subject: C/Wiseman-Skiff

Equipment/Film:
Pentax ME Camera (mounted above LX200 Telescope)
Meade 8" f/10 SCT telescope (LX200)
Equatorial Wedge/Permanent Pier

Observer/Location:
David Richards
Backyard observatory [Hilltop]
(suburban site, 50m amsl, mag 4 to 5.5 skies)
Aberdeenshire, UK

Seeing:

Sky Position:

Processing:
Scanned from colour photo print.

Related Images:

Notes:
No sign of comet near the expected position, at least down to limiting magnitude of photo. Minor star trailing

Page Links:


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Last Updated : 2006-Jan-20
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