Date Taken: 04/13/2005
Location: York, PA
Telescope: Orion 8" f/3.9 Newtonian Astrograph Reflector Telescope
Mount: Orion Atlas EQ-G Computerized Go-To Telescope Mount
Camera: Canon Rebel XS DSLR
Processing: Stacked using Nebulosity 2.0, Stretched, Cropped & Centered using Adobe Photoshop Elements 8.0
Exposure: ISO-400, 5 minute exposure x 12 frames
Other Equipment Used: Orion 50mm Guide Scope with Orion Starshoot Autoguider
Notes:

This image of Comet Gerradd was taken after the comet had rounded the Sun and passed Earth, heading back to the outermost reaches of the Solar System. At this point in its journey around the sun, the comet was moving across the night sky so fast that anything longer than a 3-minute exposure resulted in the appearance of a "green streak".  The bright star in this photo is Talitha, the "front paw" of the Great Bear, Ursa Major.