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1/6/05, The Pleiades M45 and Comet C/2004 Q2 Machholz:

  

 

This is a series of six frames of five minutes each.  The left full frame sequence shows how far the comet moved in 30 minutes.  The right image is a cropped section of just the comet.  The optical set-up used is the Nikon 300mm at f/2.8 with the Nikon D-70, ISO 400.  The camera and lens were riding piggyback on the 10" LX200, guiding was done with the SBIG ST-10XME through the LX200.