<p>Photo of comet C/2004 Q2 Machholz taken in Andalusia (Spain) in a night in februar 2005 with very dry air. The time the picture was taken comet C/2004 Q2 Machholz was about 180 million kilometers away from earth and its apparent magnitude was 4.4m. The picture was taken using the following equipement:
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<ul><li>8 inch Newton telescope</li>
<li>2 inch Barlow lense</li>
<li>42mm Plössl ocular</li>
<li>G2 camera</li>
<li>median image made with Giotto (software) out of 24 single pictures, small postprocessing with Photoshop (tonal value and contrast)</li></ul>
Ralf Weber
Attribution
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