Comet C/2011 L4 (PANSTARRS)
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Last evening (March 19th) I finally managed to photograph the comet in true color. Despite numerous clouds I was able to take several 10 sec. exposures in R, G and B filters. Due to the twilight conditions and the passing clouds, extracting flat frames wasn't possible, thus some gradient resides in the image. |
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This image were acquired remotely from the remote controlled IRIDA Observatory . |
Technical Details: |
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| Optics: | ASA N12 Astrograph at F/3.6 |
| Mount: | ASA DDM 85 |
| Camera: | SBIG STL-11000M |
| Filters: | Astronomik LRGB filter set |
| Dates/Times: | 19 March 2013 |
| Location: | Rozhen, IRIDA Remote Observatory |
| Exposure Details: | R = 80 sec., G = 70 sec., B = 70 sec. |
| Subexposures: | 10 sec. |
| Acquisition: | CCD Soft |
| Processing: | PixInsight, Photoshop CS |