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Comet Levy (C/2006 T1)
 

An early morning surprise visitor

 

Date/Location: Corringham, Essex  5 Septrmber 2006
Equipment: 5" f6 TMB Refractor on AP900 mount
Camera/Exposure: ST2000XM ccd camera   with Astrodon filters  LRGB 8/6/6/6 (2 min subs all binned 2x2))
   
Notes: Discovered just 2 days earlier near Saturn by David Levy, this mag. 8 comet was very difficult to image being so low down in the sky. High cloud.

 

 

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