Observation by Peter Anderson: Halley's Comet 11th April 1986

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Peter Anderson

Observer

Peter Anderson

Observed

2018 Oct 26 - 14:00

Uploaded

2018 Oct 27 - 04:14

Objects

1P Halley

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Constellation

Centaurus

Field centre

RA: 13^h47^m
Dec: -53°17'
Position angle: -12°50'

Field size

31° × 20°

Equipment

58mm standard lens at F2.4 on 35mm SLR

Exposure

3 mins exposure probably using 100 ISO Kodak colour print film

Location

Brisbane, Australia

Target name

Halley's Comet

Title

Halley's Comet 11th April 1986

About this image

Image was taken 13hrs 41min UT 11th April 1986.

The image shows the pointers and Southern Cross at the Base, Omega Centauri globular cluster centre top, and the comet on the upper left.

Files associated with this observation

Comet Halley 11th April 1986 final BAA adj.JPG (692.5 kB)

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