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Nice shot Chris!  I assume when you say "two data streams ... were brought
together" that you mean that you removed the comet from each frame and
co-added and realigned it to the co-added shot of the galaxy?

-Dean


> HI all,
>
> My last image from '07 is the spectacular close
> approach in the sky of the naked eye comet Tuttle and
> the M33 Triangulum spiral.  This occured on the
> evening of December 30th, and my image at 7 pm shows
> the comet right on the edge of this face on galaxy.
>
> The encounter was photographed continuously in a long
> sequence for 3 hours straight.  Two data streams
> recording the event were brought together for this
> image at 7:02pm:
>
> http://www.schursastrophotography.com/xtiastro/m33tuttle123007.html
>
> OR
>
> http://tinyurl.com/2gmmp6
>
> Notice the comet has a long thin gas tail extending to
> the upper right.  I have not seen a shot yet from this
> apparition that shows this feature.
>
> Chris
>
>
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