Comet 2P/Encke Comet magnitude & location: Mag 14.4 (v:>15) comet in Scorpius Date: 2020-09-08 01:04:28 UTC Location: Rio Hurtado, Coquimbo Region, Chile (30.4725° S, 70.7631° W) Conditions: Remote telescope via Telescope Live Telescope: Planewave CDK24 @ f/6.5 Camera: FLI Proline PL9000 Exposure details: One 60-second exposure, bin2, cropped. Luminance. Image details from astrometry.net: RA (hms) center: 16h 33m 08.936s Dec (dms) center: -31° 47' 06.330" Orientation: North is up, East is left (Up is 359° East of North) Pixel scale: 1.21 arcsec/pixel Image size: 20.7 x 20.7 arcmin Regretting that I missed perihelion on this one. Beautiful star field. |
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