| Designation |
C/2001 NEAT Q4
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| Type | Comet |
| Constellation | Travelling through Lynx at time imaged |
| Coordinates | Telescope centered at RA 09 12 16, Dec '+35 47 13' (35 45 29 by end of exposures) |
| Magnitude | 2.38 |
| Size | |
| Distance | .63347 AU |
| Dimensions | 10x 160 arcminutes - tail extends beyond frame |
| Image Field | 90.6 x 131.3 arcminutes |
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Notes:
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Back on Aug. 28, 2001, the International Astronomical Union (IAU) announced the discovery of a new comet spotted by Near Earth Asteroid Tracking team at Palomar Observatory in southern California. Like several other comets, this one has come to be called NEAT, the acronym for the discovery program. The comet was nearly a billion miles away from the sun when it was first discovered. |
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| Telescope | Takahashi FS60C f/5.9 on Losmandy G-11 with Gemini L3 |
| Focal Length | 264 mm @ f/4.4 with Takahashi focal reducer |
| Guiding | SXV guidehead through 10" SCT @ f/3.3 |
| Telescope Control | Maxim DL (V3) |
| CCD Camera |
Starlight Xpress SXV-H9 - USB 2 ExView progressive
scan
1392 x 1040 (6.45 uM) pixel array (8.98 x 6.71 active area)
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| Image Scale | 5.23 arcsec/pixel |
| Filters |
1.25" Astronomik Type II Dichroic
IR blocking filters in Astronomik filter drawer - Clear, Red, Green,
Blue
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| Exposures |
45 minutes total exposure: 30 (15 x 2) minutes
Lum, 5 (5 x 1) minutes each RGB
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| Calibration | None |
| Processing Software | Maxim DL, Photoshop CS (8.0) |
| Location | Chiefland Astronomy Village, FL - 29.393 N , - 82.863 W |
| Date/Time | 05/23/04 / '01:52' - '03:48' UT' |
