Customers' STV Images of Comet Linear

"Just wanted to send you a photo of comet linear that I took on the night of July 22nd using my STV and my JMI NGT-18 telescope.  I've definitely had a slight learning curve with the STV but am now getting it down to a science.  Thanks for making such a great product.  Sincerely,  Mark Zilm"

"I received my STV about  1 month ago and I am very pleased with the performance. I am new to Astronomy and this is my first CCD camera. I am using the STV mainly to enhance what I see at the eyepiece from my moderately light polluted backyard observation site in the suburban hills of Kamloops B.C., Canada. My telescopes are the Nexstar 5 and Nexstar 8 which do not track that well but with the SBIG "track and accumulate" feature I am able to get good images without having to guide manually.  I am enclosing an attachment of two raw (i.e. no special processing other than file conversion) JPEG images of comet Linear 30 minutes apart which I took with the STV on July 23/00 at 2234 and 2303 hrs Pacific time.  Image (a) was 5 exposures at 10 seconds, image (b) was 6 exposures at 5 seconds.  Considering that a poorly shielded street light was just 30 yards away and city lights were lighting up the sky from below I am really happy how the SBIG  STV in effect gives me a bigger scope/darker skies."   Walter Ammann"

 

Comet1p.gif (38348 bytes)
Image by:  Todd Gross
Date: not provided
Exp:  15 seconds
Scope:  not provided

 

Linear_Zilm.jpg (18187 bytes)
Image by:  Mark Zilm
Date:  July 22, 2000
Exp: not provided
Scope:  NGT-18

 

Comet Linear July 23 00 a.jpg (4184 bytes) Comet Linear July 23 00 b.jpg (3683 bytes)

Image by:  Walter Ammann
Date: July 23, 2000  (images taken 30 minutes apart)
Exp:  Left image: 5 x 10 sec Track & Accumulate,  Right image: 6 x 5 sec Track & Accumulate
Scope:  Nexstar 5

 

Image78v_mb.gif (42532 bytes)
Image by:  Steve Barnes
Date:  July
Exp:  60 seconds total
(2 x 30 sec co-added)
Scope:  80mm f/5.6

 

Linear-1_mbp1.jpg (41468 bytes)
Image by:  David Morris
Date:  July 22, 2000
Exp: > 40 sec
Scope: not provided
(David's "first experience" with a CCD camera)

 

comet S 4 july 23 2000005_mb_good.jpg (40462 bytes)
Image by: John Morris
Date: July 23, 2000
Exp: not provided
Scope: 13.1" DOB
(false color added)

 

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