Sky this Week

Here is an image of comet lulin from around 6 am this morning.

Image taken this morning just before 6 am. Sky was mostly clear, transparency was excellent, no wind, temperature was 41 °F, and turbulence about 6/10. Equipment used, Nexstar 11 telescope, F3.3 focal reducer, Stellacam II at casegrain focus. Thirty images taken for each frame, Stellacam at 9/14 gain, integrate 128 frames. Dark subtracted, flat field adjusted, aligned and stacked with DeepSkyStacker. Brightness enhanced, cropped, and animated with Photoshop Elements.