Ikeya-Zhang - 8 march 2002

In those days the comet was developing a nice ion tail with many filaments.
 

Technical Data
Optics Pentax 75 apochromatic refractor
Focal Lenght 500 mm
Focal Ratio f/6,7
Exposure Time 15 min exposure
Film Kodak E200
Developement sensibility 320 ISO
Location Capanne di Cosola (AL, on the Appenninus, Italy) at 1500m
Date and time of exposure start 8 march 2002, 18.55 UT
Mount Gemini G41
Tracking Manual at 166x
Notes During the exposure there was a very strong wind that make difficult to not falling down... but the solid mount was non so damaged by the wind, but by my head that the wind pushed against the telescope during manual guiding!

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