Observation by Peter Carson: Comet 21P Passing NGC 7000

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Peter Carson

Observer

Peter Carson

Observed

2018 Jun 21 - 23:29

Uploaded

2018 Jun 22 - 21:58

Objects

The North America Nebula (NGC7000)

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Constellation

Cygnus

Field centre

RA: 21^h02^m
Dec: +44°47'
Position angle: +0°56'

Field size

4°33' × 3°02'

Equipment

Canon 60Da
200 mm lens at f3
1000 ISO
Piggyback on a Paramount
no filters

Exposure

21 x 90 secs

Location

Leigh on sea nr Southend Essex

Target name

Comet 21P passing NGC 7000 North American Nebula

Title

Comet 21P Passing NGC 7000

About this image

On the shortest night of the year under moonlit urban skies I had a bash at Nick James's Observing Challenge to record comet 21P passing the North American Nebula NGC 7000. The initial images from the camera didn't look good but with some processing out popped the detail.

Files associated with this observation

21P_20180622_0029_PCarso.jpg (673.3 kB)

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David Swan, Mr Leonard Entwisle, Jeremy Shears, Nick James, Nick Hewitt, Chris Dole, Peter Mulligan, Andy Wilson, Dr Ollie Garrett

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