Observation by Damian Peach: C/2013 A1 Siding Spring

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Damian Peach

Observed

2014 Feb 09 - 13:28

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2014 Feb 09 - 13:28

Objects

C/2013 A1 Siding Spring
1 Ceres

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Constellation

Fornax

Field centre

RA: 02^h50^m
Dec: -34°52'
Position angle: +88°36'

Field size

0°29' × 0°21'

Title

C/2013 A1 Siding Spring

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BAACG 20140202 Peach ccd image and observationHere is C/2013 A1 (Siding Spring) captured on Feb 2nd alongside a compact group of remote galaxies in Fornax. The comet is still around 14th magnitude but a short dust tail is well seen. For comparison the comet was around 30 light minutes away at the time of the image, while the distance to the group of galaxies in the image is around 500 million light years. 20130202 Damian Peach

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