* * * * * Image gallery of 8P/Tuttle * * * * *


Image by Albert van Duin, Beilen, The Netherlands.

Exposure: stack of 59 60s exposures with a modified Canon 350D, set at ISO800, through a 20-cm f/2.75 ASA astrograph.

Date: 6 January 2008, 18:33 - 19:44 UT.

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Image by Emiel Kempen, Hoogeveen, The Netherlands, showing 8P close to M33.

Exposure: stack of 60 60s images (selected from a total of 70) with a modified Canon 350D, set at ISO1600, through a 150mm Meade Schmidt-Newton.

Date: 30 December 2007, 19:15 - 20:34 UT.

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Image by Albert van Duin, Beilen, The Netherlands.

Exposure: stack of 15 120s exposures with a modified Canon 350D, set at ISO800, through a 20-cm f/2.75 ASA astrograph.

Date: 29 December 2007, 17:57 - 18:29 UT.

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Image by Emiel Kempen, Hoogeveen, The Netherlands.

Exposure: stack of 64 60s images with a modified Canon 350D, set at ISO1600, through a 150mm Meade Schmidt-Newton.

Date: 17 December 2007, 18:49 - 19:58 UT.

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Image by Albert van Duin, Beilen, The Netherlands, showing 8P near bright planetary nebula NGC 40, the reddish object near the upper right corner.

Exposure: stack of 30 60s exposures with a modified Canon 350D, set at ISO800, through a 20-cm f/2.75 ASA astrograph.

Date: 15/16 December 2007, 23:51 - 00:23 UT.

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Image by Albert van Duin, Beilen, The Netherlands, showing 8P near γ Cep, the bright star near the edge at upper right.

Exposure: stack of 8 60s exposures with a modified Canon 350D, set at ISO800, through a 20-cm f/2.75 ASA astrograph.

Date: 11 December 2007, 19:18 - 19:29 UT.

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Image by Albert van Duin, Beilen, The Netherlands.

Exposure: stack of 5 60s exposures with a modified Canon 350D, set at ISO800, through a 20-cm f/2.75 ASA astrograph.

Date: 9 December 2007, 17:35 - 17:42 UT.

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Image by Albert van Duin, Beilen, The Netherlands, taken under somewhat unfavourable weather conditions with moonlight just before clouds moved in.

Exposure: single 120s exposure with a modified Canon 350D, set at ISO800, through a 20-cm f/2.75 ASA astrograph.

Date: 19 November 2007, 19:49 - 19:51 UT.

Image by Emiel Kempen, Hoogeveen, The Netherlands.

Exposure: stack of 24 300s images with a modified Canon 350D, set at ISO1600, through a 150mm Meade Schmidt-Newton.

Date: 16 November 2007, 20:02 - 22:06 UT.

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Image by Albert van Duin, Beilen, The Netherlands.

Exposure: stack of 5 120s exposures with a modified Canon 350D, set at ISO800, through a 20-cm f/2.75 ASA astrograph.

Date: 16 November 2007, 18:40 - 18:50 UT.

Image by Albert van Duin, Beilen, The Netherlands, taken under somewhat unfavourable weather conditions with high humidity and occasional cloud interference.

Exposure: stack of 4 60s exposures with a modified Canon 350D, set at ISO800, through a 20-cm f/2.75 ASA astrograph.

Date: 15 November 2007, 18:29 - 19:02 UT.