8P Tuttle Passes M33

The night of Dec 30 2007 the bright comet 8P Tuttle passed close to M33. These are some pictures and a movie of that encounter
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The red box shows the approximate size of the full frame image.

This is a combination of 14 60 second exposures processed using ImagesPlus. The comet shows as a streak. These photos were taken from about 20:30 to 21:52 PST from South San Jose CA

The comet was blazing across the sky. To show this better here is a movie of the comet's motion. This is a 2.7 MB wmv file.

Equipment

These photos were taken with a Canon 20Da using a Televue 76. They were taken unguided on an Orion Skyview Pro mount.

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