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22:50UT
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Updated 1.10.2012
See allso previous images of March
| Site: | Sondby, Porvoo, Finland | 60°15'40.3" N, 25°47'36.8" E |
| Time: | Eastern Europen Time zone (UT+03) | 11./12.4.2002 22 - 02 |
| Telescope: | Meade LX200 10" f/6.3 | "Kenny" |
| Camera: | Olympus Camedia 3030Z | on the telescope and tripod |
| Software: | MaxImDL v2.09, PhotoImpact 6, | Windows2000 |
20:37UT 20 X 16 seconds | 22:50UT 1 X 16 seconds |
| CCD-camera: | Starlight Xpress MX5-C USB | with Sony ICX055CK chip & 1.6 focal reducer |
| Software: | AstroArt v2.0, MaxImDL v2.09, PhotoImpact 6 | Windows98 & 2000 |
 21:00UT 48X10seconds |  21:16UT 48X10seconds |  21:30UT 40X10seconds |  Animation of 10 images |
Seeing was not perfect and comets tail was fading as seen in these poor images.
| Site: | Sondby, Porvoo, Finland | 60°15'40.3" N, 25°47'36.8" E |
| Time: | Eastern Europen Time zone (UT+02) | 6.4.2002 23:00 |
| Camera: | Olympus Camedia 3030Z | on a tripod |
| Software: | MaxImDL v2.09, PhotoImpact 6, Paint Shop Pro 7.04 | Windows2000 |
 20:00UT 5X16seconds |  20:28UT 5X16seconds |
Comet was too low for an evening object to be imaged with a digital pocket camera.The first one is a set of TIFF images dark subtracted in Paint Shop Proand the second a set of JPEG's calibrated in MaxImDL,all combined in MaxImDL and cropped in PhotoImpact.
| Site: | Sondby, Porvoo, Finland | 60°15'40.3" N, 25°47'36.8" E |
| Time: | Eastern Europen Time zone (UT+03) | 5.4.2002 21:30-23:45 |
| Telescope: | Meade LX200 10" f/6.3 | "Kenny" |
| Camera: | Canon EOS-1v | on top of the telescope |
| Lens: | Canon EF 200mm f/1.8 L USM | at f/3.2 |
| Film: | Kodak Ektachrome EPH P1600X slide | 1600 ASA |
| Software: | PhotoImpact 6 , Olympus ES-10 Ver 1.33 | Windows98 & 2000 |
 18:12UT 142 seconds with 200mm |  18:17UT 253 seconds with 200mm |  18:24UT 300 seconds on focal plane |  18:31UT 120 seconds on focal plane |
| Camera: | Olympus Camedia 3030Z | on top of the telescope |
| Software: | MaxImDL v2.09, PhotoImpact 6 | Windows2000 |
 19:04-19:24UT 40X16 seconds |  20:40UT Viewing the comet |
Comet had past Andromeda Galaxy (M31) and is now circum polar. Minor light pollution was present as shown.
| Sites: | Helsinki-Malmi Airport, Helsinki, Finland | |
| and | Hakkilankulma, Vantaa | |
| Time: | Eastern Europen Time zone (UT+03) | 4.4.2002 22:00-23:15 |
| Camera: | Olympus Camedia 3030Z | on a tripod |
| Software: | MaxImDL v2.09, PhotoImpact 6 | Windows2000 |
 19:22UT Total of 3 minutes |  19:28UT Wider view of light pollution at the airport |
 20:00UT Total of 2 minutes |  20:07UT Wider view of light pollution at Hakkilankulma |
Comet was near Andromeda Galaxy (M31). Light pollution was present as shown.
Links
Currently best comet information pages by Seiichi Yoshida
Better images of comets
A lot of Ikeya-Zhang info
Ultimate comet images by Pekka Parviainen
The finnish internet space news
Very nice comet page in finnish
Taiwan Astro Service has copies of my images too
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