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The 16th Annual Astronomy at the Beach (Kensington Metropark, September 21-22, 2012)


Comet S4 (Linear) Movie

Comet S4 (Linear)

Comet S4 (Linear)

Click here to see a movie of comet S4 (Linear).

Warning: The movie is 1.248 megabytes in size. The following are estimated times to download this movie.

14.4K Modem15 minutes 45 seconds
28.8K Modem7 minutes 52 seconds
56K Modem 4 minutes  3 seconds
ISDN  1 minute 43 seconds

Photograph and movie taken the morning of July 1, 2000. There are 41 comet frames and 10 blank frames. A ST6 CCD camera was used; all exposures were 90 seconds long.

The comet was at its brightest around July 21, 2000.

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Credits

Huron-Clinton Metroparks

Copyright © 1996-2012, Great Lakes Association of Astronomy Clubs.

Except for Comet S4 (Linear), all photographs on this page taken at Kensington Metropark during “Astronomy at the Beach.”

The following photographs were taken by:

Web page constructed by Dave Snyder.

For questions about “Astronomy at the Beach,” contact Dave D’Onofrio at Dave1ACT@aol.com, Bob MacFarland at stargzr.bob@gmail.com or Kensington Metropark at 1-800 477-3178.

This page last modified March 13, 2012.