SkyandTelescope.com September 2014 77▴ (^) PANSTARRS MEETS NGC 3614
Mike Keith
Comet PanSTARRS C/2012 K1 was sporting two faint tails
as it passed by the distant spiral galaxy NGC 3614 in Ursa
Major on the evening of May 24th.
Details: Astro-Physics 140EDF27 refractor with Starlight Xpress
Trius H694 CCD camera. Total exposure was 2 hours through
color fi lters.
◀ (^) A SEA OF STARS
Fred Herrmann
Thousands of old red stars swarm within globular cluster
NGC 3201 in the southern constellation Vela.
Details: PlaneWave Instruments CDK20 Corrected Dall-
Kirkham telescope with FLI PL09000 CCD camera. Total
exposure was 12 minutes through color fi lters.
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