Observation by Peter Carson: Comet 21P Giacobini-Zinner

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Peter Carson

Observer

Peter Carson

Observed

2018 Sep 07 - 21:53

Uploaded

2018 Sep 11 - 19:27

Objects

21P Giacobini-Zinner

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Constellation

Auriga

Field centre

RA: 05^h38^m
Dec: +37°07'
Position angle: +0°25'

Field size

3°30' × 2°19'

Equipment

Canon 60Da at 1600 ISO
60 mm f/6 refractor
Losmandy G11 mount

Exposure

single 120 second exposure

Location

Kelling Heath astrocamp

Target name

Comet 21P Giacobini-Zinner

Title

Comet 21P Giacobini-Zinner

About this image

I'm just back from a very cloudy Kelling Heath astrocamp in Norfolk. I only managed one image through a gap in the clouds and here it is. 21P Giacobini-Zinner.

Files associated with this observation

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