COMET ENCKE IN THE COATHANGER
| 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. |