Asteroid
This is my first picture of an asteroid. Fittingly, it is 1 Ceres, the first asteroid discovered. 5 second exposure.
Magnitude: 7.4
Telescope: Meade ETX-105 EC at f/14
Camera: MI-1300 CMOS sensor
Image Processing: Composite in Registax, Adjust levels so background is black
February 8, 2004 1:41am PST
Comet
This is my first picture of a comet. Composite of 73 (out of 170) 10-second exposures. The comet was in the same binocular field of view with M44.
Magnitude: approx 2 or 3
Telescope: Meade ETX-105 EC at f/7.5
Camera: MI-1300 CMOS sensor
Image Processing: Composite in Registax, Adjust levels, contrast
May 15, 2004 10:40pm PDT