Observation by Neil Morrison: Comet P46

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Neil Morrison

Observer

Neil Morrison

Observed

2018 Dec 13 - 20:35

Uploaded

2018 Dec 14 - 22:00

Objects

46P Wirtanen

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Constellation

Taurus

Field centre

RA: 03^h38^m
Dec: +12°19'
Position angle: -88°06'

Field size

15° × 10°

Equipment

Sony Slt 65a
Samyang 85mm F1.4
10 sec ISO 400

Exposure

10 sec iso 400

Location

Crawley West Sussex

Target name

Comet P46

Title

Comet P46

About this image

Thick haze and heavy light pollution. Temp Minus 2 deg C Dew point minus 2 deg C. Using Polaris mount set Camera to Co ordinates of Comet and took Frames at maximum exposure possible before Light pollution swamped the sensor. Zenith Limiting Magnitude at the time was not better than +3. Naked eye nothing was visible in the area of sky that I was pointing the Camera towards.

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Jimmy Fraser, Jeremy Shears, Peter Mulligan, Nick James, Andy Wilson, Neil Morrison, Dawson, Ray Emery

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