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Comet Schwassmann-Wachmann




Schwassmann-Wachmann 73b Schwassmann-Wachmann 73B, Taken at around 01:00 on the 12/05/06. A 60 second exposure taken through an intes micro mn-56 with IR filter using a starlight-xpress sxh-h9.Flat frame removed. No further processing.
Schwassmann-Wachmann 73b Schwassmann-Wachmann 73B, Taken at around 01:00 on the 12/05/06. This is a magnified version of the above image, stretched to show the core, which has broken into 2 parts. As the exposure is 60 seconds long, each part of the core is a point source, elongated by the duration of the exposure. A 72 frame movie of 60 second subframes can be found here . 1.3 Mb in size.
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