Featured in:
* SpaceWeather.com home page on Feb. 19 and 20, 2013.
* NBCNews.com, Technology & Science, Feb 21, 2013
* Sky & Telescope, Feb 20, 2013
...and many others.
IMAGING DATA
Optical train: AP130 EDF GT + AP 0.75x focal reducer
Mount: Losmandy G11
Guiding: unguided
Camera: Canon 1000D (modded and peltier cooled)
Frames: 8 lights, 2 min. ea. @iso1600, calibrated with 30 darks/bias/flats
Processing: PixInsight 1.8 using a mixed technique to separate comet from stars. Background stars come from a three 2-min sub, while the comet is the result of stacking all 8 subs by registering it while statistically rejecting the shifting stars.
Date: 2013-02-16
Place: Observatorio "Las Lechuzas", Mercedes, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Seeing & transparency: average/very good
