COMET ENCKE IN THE COATHANGER

Encke

Encke

SUBJECT Comet 2P/Encke, passing through the hook of The Coathanger (Collinder 399).
DATE & TIME 22nd November 2003, upper image taken at 19:39, lower at 20:39.
LOCATION West Linton, Scotland.
CAMERA & LENS Pentax ME Super. Upper image Pentax M 200 f4 lens at f4. Lower Pentax SMC Takumar 300mm f4 lens at f4.
FILM & EXPOSURE

Kodak Ektachrome E200 slide fiilm. Upper 5 minutes, lower 3 minutes.

MOUNT Tracker Mk1.
PROCESSING Slide scanned with Acer Scanwit 2720S film scanner. Adjusted and cropped in Photoshop.
OTHER INFO Unfortunately the comet is just a smudge. In the top image it is inside the hook of the upside down coathanger. In the bottom image, one hour later, it can just be seen below the hook.

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