Updated 3.3.2003

Comet Ikeya-Zhang C/2002C1 Comet Ikeya-Zhang C/2002C1 in March

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Site: Sondby, Porvoo, Finland 60°15'40.3" N, 25°47'36.8" E
Time: Eastern Europen Time zone (UT+02) 30.3.2002 20:52-22:00
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
Exposure: 26 seconds at f/1.8
Film: Kodak Ektachrome EPH P1600X slide 1600 ASA
Software: PhotoImpact 6 , Olympus ES-10 Ver 1.33 Windows98 & 2000
19:51UT 26 seconds at 19:51 UT orientation

Camera: Olympus Camedia 3030Z on top of the telescope
Software: MaxImDL v2.09, PhotoImpact 6 Windows2000

19:33-20:12UT 29X16seconds at 19:30 UT 19:35UT 5X16seconds at 19:35 UT orientation

CCD-camera: Starlight Xpress MX5-C with USB and Sony ICX055CK chip
Software: AstroArt v2.0, MaxImDL v2.09, PhotoImpact 6 Windows98 & 2000

39X10seconds at 18:00 UT 35X10seconds at 18:20 UT 28X10seconds at 18:40 UT 24X10seconds at 19:00 UT orientation

Comet was beautiful and bright in the hours before moon rise. Thin clouds came in for last images. Images taken with 0,6 focal reducer by Teknofokus, processed using DDP filter and combined in MaxImDL,

Site: Sondby, Porvoo, Finland 60°15'40.3" N, 25°47'36.8" E
Time: Eastern Europen Time zone (UT+02) 29.3.2002 20:00-22:00
Telescope: Meade LX200 10" f/6.3 "Kenny"
Camera: Olympus Camedia 3030Z on top of the telescope
Software: MaxImDL v2.09, PhotoImpact 6 Windows2000

16seconds at 18:20 UT 16seconds clipat 18:25 UT 10X16seconds at 18:30 UT

Comet was right in the expected location near tree tops at magnitude 3,4.
Camedia default settings, and

  • 100 ASA
  • SHQ 2048x1536 jpg
  • manual exposure
  • 16 seconds
  • f/2.8
  • 93 mm
  • manual focus to eternity
  • drive: remote control
  • display turned off
  • freezing outside temperatures here reduce noise

Site: Sondby, Porvoo, Finland 60°15'40.3" N, 25°47'36.8" E
Time: Eastern Europen Time zone (UT+02) 23.3.2002
Camera: Olympus Camedia 3030Z on a tripod
Software: MaxImDL v2.09, PhotoImpact 6 Windows2000
5X10secondsat 17:54 UT 16secondsat 18:04 UT 16secondsat 18:05 UT 16secondsat 18:07 UT

Comet was easy to find after sun set. First image combined with MaxImDL, all cropped in PhotoImpact.

Site: Sondby, Porvoo, Finland 60°15'40.3" N, 25°47'36.8" E
Time: Eastern Europen Time zone (UT+02) 8.3.2002 19:52-20:10
Telescope: Meade LX200 10" f/6.3 "Kenny"
CCD-camera: Starlight Xpress MX5-C with USB and Sony ICX055CK chip
Software: AstroArt v2.0, MaxImDL v2.09, PhotoImpact 6 Windows98 & 2000

10X60 seconds at 17:52 UT orientation

17:52 UT comet was right in the expected location near horizon and between tall trees. Imaged with 10 exposures of one minute each, combined with MaxImDL, cropped in PhotoImpact.

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