Bernd Brinkmann´s

Comet C/1999 J2 (Skiff)

	date (yy/mm/dd)	time (UT)	exp. time (min/sec)	camera / telescope	film / CCD	filter	image size	Remarks
South is up, east to the left no corrections during guiding the tail was only visible after processing the images coma diameter 50", 2.8' tail in PA 14 deg 16.1 mag at top middle is the 15.6 mag galaxy PGC 55322, in the left corner you see a trail of a satellite	2001/05/13	00:01:35 - 00:53:29	16 x 180 sec	500 mm newton reflector @ f /5 at VdS-Sternwarte Kirchheim	Starlight SX	---	5.7' x 5.5'	processing with MIRA A/P: bias dark flat register on comet combine (sum) false color palette write TIF processing with Photoshop: pixel rectification log scaling clipping save as JPEG

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