Canon 350D Hap Griffin Baader Mod
22x180sec at iso 1600
30 Darks/Flats/Bias
Celestron 9.25 reduced 0.63
50% CropProcessed in DeepSkyStacker so as to preserve star roundness and not trail the comet.
Comet 144P/Kushida was discovered by Yoshio Kushida in January of 1994 and has an orbital period of 7.2 years.
At the time of this image,
Comet 144P/Kushida was about mag 10.8 and had a coma of 9 min. It's position was approximately RA 03 50' DEC +15 43
Orbital data and up to date daily info
here.
Finder ChartJanuary 16, 2009