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Observer: Antonio Jose Cidadao
Location: Oeiras, Portugal
Date: August 31, 1995 20:45 UT
Notes: Comet Hale-Bopp processed to show the nucleus and the jet.
Image was produced adding the 8 frames used in the animation
hh1_ac.avi.
The frames were shifted in order to "track" the comet's nucleus.
Each frame is a series of 7 images of 120 sec. each in "track-and-
-accumulate" mode, obtained in 2h period begining at 20h45m UT 08/31/95.
Average night. ST6 camera.
Antonio Jose Cidadao: member of A.P.A.A. (Associaçao Portuguesa de Astronomos
Amadores).
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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: 6720 sec.
Date: 08/31/95 (begining at 20h45m UT)
Site: Oeiras, Portugal (from my new apartment's "roof-top" observatory)
Image Proc. Software: CCDOPS; PhotoShop; Video for Windows
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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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