Observation by Nick James: Comet 45P

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Nick James

Observer

Nick James

Observed

2016 Dec 28 - 18:05

Uploaded

2016 Dec 28 - 20:50

Objects

45P Honda-Mrkos-Pajdusakova

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Constellation

Capricornus

Field centre

RA: 20^h55^m
Dec: -19°33'
Position angle: +17°47'

Field size

1°56' × 1°10'

Equipment

Canon EOS 550D
Star Adventurer mount

Exposure

9x30s

Location

Middle Hope, Somerset

Target name

45P/Honda-Mrkos-Pajdusakova

Title

Comet 45P

About this image

It may not match the images taken from further south but 45P is definitely available from the UK if you have a decent horizon. Here is my image taken from Middle Hope, Somerset, tonight. It was a glorious clear sunset so I climbed to the top of this headland in the Bristol Channel and set up my Canon 550D and Star Adventurer mount. The sky finally got dark enough around 1800 UT when the comet was around 5 deg above a sea horizon. If you use your imagination the comet has a tail of rather more than half a degree in the image.

Files associated with this observation

45p_20161228_1802_ndj.jpg (504.5 kB)

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