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Comet C/LINEAR 1999 S4

Instrument: 5.5" Schmidtcamera
Film: Technical Pan 2415hyp
Time: July 21 st, 2001, 21.56 - 22.03 UT
Location: Hornberg/Black Forrest
Fortunately I could see the comet in my guidescope, so I used the comets head guiding the camera. As a result, the stars are streaks and the comet is sharp. This was necessary because of the speed of the comet.

 
Instrument: 5.5" Schmidtcamera
Film: Technical Pan 2415hyp
Time: July 21 st, 2001, 21.35 - 21.39 UT
Location: Hornberg/Black Forrest