Comet Machholz tonight

On Fri, 24 Dec 2004 07:04:06 GMT, "David Nakamoto"
wrote:

Thanks for that image. It partially confirms what I've been hearing from
members of my Astronomy club and my own attempt to image the comet from
light polluted suburban skies on the 18th using a 127mm f/12 Maksutov and a
Starlight Xpress MX916 camera stacking 10 40 second images. I didn't record
the tail, which by all accounts so far is visible only with large aperture
instruments, or the equivalent using CCD equipment.

Hi David,

I caught the tail a few nights ago with a 4" refractor, although it
did take a fair bit of processing to pull it out. It also took me by
surprise as there appears to be much a lot of structure, not just the
usual thin line that I've come to expect...

http://www.digitalsky.org.uk/comets/machholz.html

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