Observation by Jose Chambo: Object/Date: Comet 41P/Tuttle-Giacobini...

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Observer

Jose Chambo

Observed

2017 May 02 - 00:00

Uploaded

2017 Jun 15 - 20:24

Objects

41P Tuttle-Giacobini-Kresak

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Constellation

Lyra

Field centre

RA: 18^h14^m
Dec: +38°31'
Position angle: -0°38'

Field size

1°25' × 1°04'

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41p/41p_20170502_jchambo.jpg

Target name

41P Tuttle-Giacobini-Kresak

Title

Object/Date: Comet 41P/Tuttle-Giacobini-Kresak @ May.2,2017 01:19 UT Description: Comet 41P imaged on Mat 2nd 2017 three weeks after its perihelion, begun loss brightness, although in this image still shone around magnitude 7.5 showing a fuzzy coma with a diameter as 15 arcminutes wide around a sharp central condensation; also is visible a small tail as 8 arcminutes long toward southwest (to bottom right). Tech data: GSO 8" f/3.7 & Atik 383L+ (L:2×120s Bin1 + RGB:1x60s Bin2) from Vallés, Valencia (Spain)

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