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Comet Schwassmann-Wachmann-3

Amateur pictures of the crumbling comet
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Photographer

Bobak Nazer

Location

Berkeley Marina

Date

January 12th 2007 at about 5:40pm

Equipment

Canon 10D with 70-200mm telephoto lens. UV filter. SLIK Tripod.

Description

The McNaught Comet right above the Golden Gate bridge.
 
Comet and the Ring Nebula

Photographer

Johannes Schedler

Date

May 9, 2006

Equipment

16-inch f/10 Cassegrain telescope, SBIG STL-11000XM CCD camera equipped with Astronomik LRGB filters.

Description

Comet Schwassmann-Wachmann 3 and the Ring Nebula (M57)
 
Crumbling comet

Photographer

Gerald Rhemann and Michael Jager

Location

Namibia, Africa

Date

June 1, 2006

Equipment

8-inch f/3.8 astrograph and FLI 6303 CCD camera. 10 minute exposure

Description

Pieces of Comet 73P/Schwassmann-Wachmann 3 as seen in June 2006
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