Observation by Nick James: 46P/Wirtanen in Lynx

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Nick James

Observer

Nick James

Observed

2019 Jan 04 - 00:34

Uploaded

2019 Jan 04 - 07:56

Objects

46P Wirtanen

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Constellation

Lynx

Field centre

RA: 07^h33^m
Dec: +58°44'
Position angle: +1°24'

Field size

2°26' × 1°49'

Equipment

Megrez 90, x0.8 FF, ASI294MC

Exposure

47x60s

Location

Chelmsford, UK

Target name

46P/Wirtanen

Title

46P/Wirtanen in Lynx

About this image

Lots of faint galaxies in the background of this image of 46P/Wirtanen taken from Chelmsford last night. FoV is around 2.5x1.5 deg. I get a total mag of 5.4 from the green pixels of this image).

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46p_20190104_0034_baa.jpg (1.7 MB)

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