Observation by Mike Scarisbrick: Comet 41P//Tuttle-Giancobini-Kresak

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Mike Scarisbrick

Observer

Mike Scarisbrick

Observed

2017 Mar 31 - 21:00

Uploaded

2017 Apr 03 - 22:34

Objects

41P Tuttle-Giacobini-Kresak

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Constellation

Draco

Field centre

RA: 13^h24^m
Dec: +64°36'
Position angle: -88°31'

Field size

2°45' × 1°49'

Equipment

Canon EOS 500D
300mm f5.6
CG4 mount

Exposure

50 * 60 seconds

Location

Cambridgeshire UK

Target name

Comet 41P//Tuttle-Giancobini-Kresak

Title

Comet 41P//Tuttle-Giancobini-Kresak

About this image

It was a pleasure to be out observing with just a pair of 15x70 binoculars and a camera on a small mount. Even so, and despite the fact that M81 and M82 were easy objects in the binoculars, it took me about 15 minutes to persuade myself there was something worth trying to point the camera at.

Stacked using manual alignment in AstroArt 6.

Files associated with this observation

Comet41p-31032017-50x60sec_300mmFL_f5_6.jpg (145.0 kB)

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