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C2014 Q2 Lovejoy with FSQ-106ED and Reducer QE 0.73x February 10, 2015

There came the strongest cold air mass of the season over our islands 

 



 

Earth distance 0.945 AU

Sun distance 1.301 AU

 

equipment: Takahashi FSQ-106ED, reducer QE 0.73x, and Canon EOS 5Dmk2-sp2, modified by Seo san on Takahashi EM-200 Temma 2 Jr, autoguided at a star nearby with Takahashi FS-60C, SX Lodestar, and PHD Guiding

 

exposure: 7 times 240 seconds at ISO 1,600

The first exposure started at 13:13:10 and the last at 13:38:02UTC February 10, 2015

 

site: 1,350m above sea level near Mt. Fuji at longitude 35 19 31 North and latitude 138 47 15 East in Shizuoka

-10 degrees Celsius, ice on the road, no wind, SQM-L 20.57

Seeing was bad.