Observation by Neil Morrison: Comet 21P/Giacobini-Zinner

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Neil Morrison

Observer

Neil Morrison

Observed

2018 Jul 31 - 20:13

Uploaded

2018 Aug 01 - 20:30

Objects

21P Giacobini-Zinner

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Constellation

Cassiopeia

Field centre

RA: 23^h59^m
Dec: +65°25'
Position angle: +0°55'

Field size

0°33' × 0°47'

Equipment

Star sky 90mm F 5.5 Refractor
Super Polaris Mount
Sony 65a SLT

Exposure

11 x 10Sec ISO 3200

Location

Crawley West Sussex

Target name

21P/ Giacobini-Zinner

Title

Comet 21P/Giacobini-Zinner

About this image

Results on first attempt to tweek out Comet 21P from a very Light Polluted Site using very modest equipment.

Files associated with this observation

1-comet P1 Jaccobini Zinner copy.jpg (717.0 kB)

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