Observation by Damian Peach: Comet C/2017 O1 passes NGC 1624

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Paul Downing

Observer

Damian Peach

Observed

2017 Oct 14 - 22:00

Uploaded

2018 Jun 08 - 16:20

Objects

NGC1624

Equipment

24 inch CDK scope
FLI camera

Exposure

HaLRGB - total 40 mins exposure

Target name

Comet C/2017 O1

Title

Comet C/2017 O1 passes NGC 1624

About this image

On 14th October 2017, comet C/2017 O1 (ASASSN) reached perihelion. It was also placed very close to the small open cluster/emission nebula NGC 1624 in Perseus and Damian captured this very nice image of the encounter.

Files associated with this observation

wk25_18_c2017o1_141017_peach.jpg (1.3 MB)

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