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Observation by Thomas Killestein: Comet 41P/Tuttle–Giacobini–K...

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Thomas Killestein

Observer

Thomas Killestein

Observed

2017 Apr 02 - 22:00

Uploaded

2017 Apr 05 - 20:42

Objects

41P Tuttle-Giacobini-Kresak

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Constellation

Draco

Field centre

RA: 14h01m
Dec: +64°58'
Position angle: +177°11'

Field size

0°40' × 0°28'

Equipment
  • Skywatcher f/5 200PDS
  • Skywatcher HEQ5 Pro, unguided
  • Canon EOS 700D
Exposure

29x 25s/ISO800 subframes

Location

Coventry

Target name

41P/Tuttle-Giacobini-Kresák

Title

Comet 41P/Tuttle–Giacobini–Kresák

About this image

My first ever comet image - imaged under a half moon from my light-polluted back garden. The spots towards the end (or start?) of the trail were from my unevenly-spaced trial exposures, but I decided to include them in the stack anyway.

Stacking was done using the Comet mode in DSS.

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