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BAA Comet Section

Observer

Mike Harlow

Observed

1980 Dec 27 - 18:00

Uploaded

2022 Oct 22 - 09:25

Objects

C/1980 Y2 Panther

Planetarium overlay

Constellation

Lyra

Field centre

RA: 18^h47^m
Dec: +39°09'
Position angle: -0°44'

Field size

5°09' × 3°02'

Full filename

1980y2/1980y2_19801227_1800_mjh1.jpg

Target name

C/1980 Y2 Panther

Title

C/1980 Y2 (Panther) = 1980u 1980 Dec 27.750, 30 min exp 103a-O, 10cm aperture Cooke lens, f/4.5 Bright star is Vega. Mike Hendrie, Colchester. Center (RA, hms): 18h 47m 43.876s Center (Dec, dms): +39° 09' 29.293" Size: 5.17 x 3.02 deg Radius: 2.993 deg Pixel scale: 8.29 arcsec/pixel Orientation: Up is 359.9 degrees E of N ****************************************************************************************************** Date__(UT)__HR:MN R.A._____(ICRF)_____DEC dRA*cosD d(DEC)/dt delta deldot Cnst ****************************************************************************************************** $$SOE 1980-Dec-27 18:00 18 49 35.30 +39 25 49.9 13.98031 36.28899 1.91242079929642 -10.3324240 Lyr