By Peter & Bev Morgan | 2024-07-27
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Comet 13P/Olbers
On 07/25/2024 10:45 pm by Steven Bellavia| Orient, NY
Comet 13P/Olbers was discovered on March 6, 1815, by Heinrich Wilhelm Matthias Olbers. It is a periodic comet with an orbital period of 69 years. It fits the classical definition of a Halley-type comet.
Telescope: Celestron C6 SCT
Starizona HyperStar C6 v4 Reducer-Corrector, which brings the C6 to 300mm focal length at f/2.0
Camera: ZWO ASI 533MC Pro, cooled to -5C
Mount: Sky-Watcher EQ6-R Pro with EQMOD ASCOM
Guidescope: Modified SvBony 30mm guidescope
Guide Camera: ZWO ASI 224MC
I took 81 x 30-second images, and first stacked with the stars, and then stacked with the comet. Removed the stars, and then stacked the comet alone, and brought the stars back in
