Subject: Comet C/2001 Q4 (NEAT)
Exposures: 4 minutes @ ISO 800
Image processing:  Photoshop 5.5
Telescope: Takahashi FS 102
Camera: Canon 10D digital camera
Mount: Losmandy G-11
Guiding: SBIG ST4 on Vixen 60mm guide scope
Location:  Montebello, CA
Date: May 12, 2004
Notes:  This comet was discovered in August 2001 by the Near Earth Asteroid Tracking (NEAT) program.  The comet has a visual magnitude of about 3.0, about the same as a bright star.  It has a short stubby tail if viewed through a telescope of modest aperture.