Observation by Neil Morrison: Comet 21P

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Neil Morrison

Observer

Neil Morrison

Observed

2018 Aug 05 - 20:37

Uploaded

2018 Aug 07 - 16:47

Objects

21P Giacobini-Zinner

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Constellation

Cassiopeia

Field centre

RA: 00^h47^m
Dec: +66°24'
Position angle: -1°40'

Field size

0°35' × 0°23'

Equipment

Celestron C8
Super Polaris Mount
Sony Slt 65a

Exposure

25 Sec ISO 3200

Location

Crawley West Sussex

Target name

Comet 21P

Title

Comet 21P

About this image

First try to Use C8 with Telecompressor at F 6.3 to Image Comet . Just about the limit of equipment to find and obtain an image . I only have setting circles and the equipment dates back to 1985 in the time of Comet. Haley

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