Comet Garradd (C/2009 P1)
- Location: Capitol Reef National Park, Fruita, Utah
- Date: February 26, 2012
- Time: 1:30 – 5:30 A.M MST
- Camera: Canon Self Modified 400D, nothing over sensor
- Optics: Canon EF 300mm f/4.0L Non-IS Camera Lens at f/4.0
- Focus Method: Bahtinov Mask
- Mount: Celestron CG-5GT
- Guiding: PHD Polar Aligned & Guiding
- Autoguider: Starlight Xpress CoStar CMOS
- Guidescope: 50 mm Finderscope
- Tracking: Guiding done on comet nucleus
- Exposure: 20 X 10 min. exposures (3.33 hours)
- ISO: ISO 800
- Temperature: 27 deg. F
- Wind: Wind 8-10 mph
- Calibration: 22 darks, flats
- Stacking: MaxDSLR, MaxIm DL
- Processing: Adobe Photoshop CS3