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Comet C/2006 P1 (McNaught)

	date (yy/mm/dd)	time (UT)	exp. time (min/sec)	camera / telescope	film / CCD	image size	Remarks
My first attempt to see McNaugth. At the left side you can see Venus between the clouds, but the comet is still behind the upper clouds to the right. And this small hole in the clouds move upwards...	2007/01/09	16:09	1/30 sec	Canon EOS 10D + Canon EF 24-85 f/3.5-4.5 f=35 mm @ f/4.0	CMOS	48° x 36°	processing with Canon Digital Photo Professional: conversion from RAW to 16 bit TIFF processing with Photoshop: enlarge bright ares crop scaling save as JPEG
Mean of 10 images. Comet still partly behind clouds. The comet is 6.2° above horizon, the sun 5.0° below, 30 min after sunset.	2007/01/09	16:13:44 - 16:13:52	10 x 1/45 sec	Canon EOS 10D + Canon Sigma APO 170-500 mm f/5.6-6.3 f=500 mm @f/6.3	CMOS	32' x 24'	processing with Canon Digital Photo Professional: conversion from RAW to 16 bit TIFF processing with GIOTTO: register on comets head processing with Photoshop: crop scaling save as JPEG
Mean of 10 images. The comet is 6.0° above horizon, the sun 5.2° below, 32 min after sunset.	2007/01/09	16:15:12 - 16:15:22	10 x 1/30 sec	Canon EOS 10D + Canon Sigma APO 170-500 mm f/5.6-6.3 f=500 mm @f/6.3	CMOS	2.6° x 1.7°	processing with Canon Digital Photo Professional: conversion from RAW to 16 bit TIFF processing with GIOTTO: register on comets head processing with Photoshop: crop scaling save as JPEG
Mean of 8 images. Here is a crop with 100%. The comet is 5.7° above horizon, the sun 5.5° below, 34 min after sunset. 30 seconds later the brilliant show, which lasts for only 5 minutes was over. The comet disappeared behind the clouds.	2007/01/09	16:17:06 - 16:17:10	8 x 1/30 sec	Canon EOS 10D + Canon Sigma APO 170-500 mm f/5.6-6.3 f=500 mm @f/6.3	CMOS	2.6° x 1.7°	processing with Canon Digital Photo Professional: conversion from RAW to 16 bit TIFF processing with GIOTTO: register on comets head processing with Photoshop: crop scaling save as JPEG
This is the view from my balcony at the 6th floor after the comet disappeared behind the clouds. In the foreground you can look through the 170-500mm APO telelens, which is mounted on an old Polaris mount.	09.01.2007	16:22	0.1 sec	Canon EOS 10D + Canon EF 24-85 f/3.5-4.5 f=24 mm @ f/3.5	CMOS	48° x 36°	processing with Canon Digital Photo Professional: conversion from RAW to JPEG processing with Photoshop: crop processing with IrfanView: scaling

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