Observation by David Swan: 46P/Wirtanen

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David Swan

Observer

David Swan

Observed

2018 Dec 09 - 20:59

Uploaded

2018 Dec 09 - 22:13

Objects

46P Wirtanen

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Constellation

Cetus

Field centre

RA: 03^h11^m
Dec: +00°58'
Position angle: -11°11'

Field size

1°05' × 0°44'

Equipment

200mm SCT
Hyperstar
ASI178MC
Maxim DL

Exposure

24 x 5s

Location

Tynemouth, UK

Target name

46P/Wirtanen

Title

46P/Wirtanen

About this image

Good conditions. Object could be seen fairly easily through 10 x 50 bins; with averted vision the coma was much more obvious. For imaging I used a OSC camera. This sensor appears not to have tilt too!

* I adjusted the hue in Photoshop as the Maxim product was a bit electric green.

Files associated with this observation

46p_20181209_2059_dswan_0.jpg (143.5 kB)

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