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Observer: Antonio Jose Cidadao
Location: Oeiras, Portugal
Date: August 26, 1995
Comet Hale-Bopp; 30 images of 120 sec. each (addition of 3 series of 10 images in "track-and-accumulate" mode, centered in the comet's nucleus). Hazy night. ST6 camera. The same image has been processed in two different ways (negative and log).
Antonio Jose Cidadao: member of A.P.A.A. (Associaçao Portuguesa de Astronomos Amadores).
Telescope: Schmidt-Cassegrin, Meade LX200, 10", f/10, equatorially mounted Focal reducer (f/6.3): yes Camera: SBIG ST6 Filter wheel (CFW6-A): yes Filters: clear Exposure: 3600 sec. Date: 08/26/95 (mid series begining at 21h45min UT) Site: Oeiras, Portugal (from my new apartment's "roof-top" observatory) Image Proc. Software: CCDOPS; PhotoShop ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Antonio Jose Cidadao Rua D. Antonio Luis de Menezes, No9, 3A, phone: +351-1-4412192 S. Juliao da Barra, Oeiras, 2780 Oeiras PORTUGAL e-mail: a.cidadao@telepac.pt -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
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