Last updated on 10/26/2014

c2012 F6 Lemmon

  Inverted w/trails

0bject c/2012 F6 Lemmon
Date September 30, 2013
Exposure Luminance only 3 x 180 sec and 15 x 180 sec (cropped)
Camera STL11000M with AstroDon Gen II filters (water-assisted cooling)
Telescope ASA 10N f/3.7 on AP900GTO CP3
Guiding External guide head with 50mm MiniBorg
Processing MaximDL, Photoshop CS5, GradientXterminator
Comments Clear and cool but quite humid


  Inverted

0bject c/2012 F6 Lemmon
Date August 29,  2013
Exposure LRGB 8 x 120 sec (cropped)
Camera STL11000M with AstroDon Gen II filters (water-assisted cooling)
Telescope ASA 10N f/3.7 on AP900GTO CP3
Guiding External guide head with 50mm MiniBorg
Processing MaximDL, Photoshop CS5, GradientXterminator, AstroActions
Comments Warm and humid but with moderate to good stability


  Inverted

0bject c/2012 F6 Lemmon
Date July 27,  2013
Exposure LRGB 10 x 120 sec (cropped)
Camera STL11000M with AstroDon Gen II filters (water-assisted cooling)
Telescope ASA 10N f/3.7 on AP900GTO CP3
Guiding External guide head with 50mm MiniBorg
Processing MaximDL, Photoshop CS5, GradientXterminator, AstroActions
Comments Moderate seeing


0bject c/2012 F6 Lemmon
Date June 13,  2013
Exposure RGB 9:9:9 (cropped)
Camera STL11000M with AstroDon Gen II filters (water-assisted cooling)
Telescope ASA 10N f/3.7 on AP900GTO CP3
Guiding External guide head with 50mm MiniBorg
Processing MaximDL, Photoshop CS5, GradientXterminator, AstroActions
Comments Moderate seeing


0bject c/2012 F6 Lemmon
Date June 11,  2013
Exposure Luminance only 120 sec X 30 (cropped)
Camera STL11000M with AstroDon Gen II filters (water-assisted cooling)
Telescope ASA 10N f/3.7 on AP900GTO CP3
Guiding External guide head with 50mm MiniBorg
Processing MaximDL, Photoshop CS5, GradientXterminator, AstroActions
Comments Moderate seeing


  Luminace only (5x120 5x180)    Inverted

0bject c/2012 F6 Lemmon
Date June 8,  2013
Exposure LRGB 10:10:10:10  (cropped)
Camera STL11000M with AstroDon Gen II filters (water-assisted cooling)
Telescope ASA 10N f/3.7 on AP900GTO CP3
Guiding Guided on comet (custom guide rates)
Processing MaximDL, Photoshop CS5, GradientXterminator, AstroActions
Comments Moderate seeing

  Inverted w/trails

0bject c/2012 F6 Lemmon
Date June 4,  2013
Exposure LRGB 10:10:10:10  (cropped)
Camera STL11000M with AstroDon Gen II filters (water-assisted cooling)
Telescope ASA 10N f/3.7 on AP900GTO CP3
Guiding External guide head with 50mm MiniBorg
Processing MaximDL, Photoshop CS5, GradientXterminator, AstroActions
Comments Moderate seeing


   Luminance (syn)    Inverted

0bject c/2012 F6 Lemmon (tail disconnect??)
Date May 15 2013
Exposure LRGB 10:10:10:10  (L synthesized from RGB; cropped)
Camera STL11000M with AstroDon Gen II filters (water-assisted cooling)
Telescope ASA 10N f/3.7 on AP900GTO CP3
Guiding Guide on comet using custom guide rates
Processing MaximDL, Photoshop CS5, GradientXterminator, AstroActions
Comments Moderate seeing; comet only about 20 degrees altitude


  Inverted

0bject c/2012 F6 Lemmon
Date May 12 2013
Exposure LRGB 5:5:5:5  (cropped)
Camera STL11000M with AstroDon Gen II filters (water-assisted cooling)
Telescope ASA 10N f/3.7 on AP900GTO CP3
Guiding Unguided
Processing MaximDL, Photoshop CS5, GradientXterminator, AstroActions
Comments Moderate seeing; comet only about 15 degrees altitude