Observation by David Swan: C/2016 N6 (PANSTARRS)

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David Swan

Observer

David Swan

Observed

2018 Feb 21 - 19:58

Uploaded

2018 Feb 21 - 21:52

Objects

C/2016 N6 (PANSTARRS)

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Constellation

Ursa Minor

Field centre

RA: 15^h00^m
Dec: +74°26'
Position angle: +144°22'

Field size

0°15' × 0°09'

Equipment

200mm SCT @ f/6.3
ASI178MM
Baader UV+IR cut
FireCapture, DeepSkyStacker, FITS Liberator and Photoshop

Exposure

20 x 10s

Location

Tynemouth, UK

Target name

C/2016 N6 (PANSTARRS)

Title

C/2016 N6 (PANSTARRS)

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Jeremy Shears, Nick James, Peter Mulligan, Ian Rothwell, Peter Carson, David Hancox

Comments

Nick James, 2018 Feb 23 - 07:25 UTC

Keep up the great work on comets. There will be a couple of decent comets later in 2018 so its good to practice on these faint ones now.

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