Observation by Peter Tickner: Comet C/2017 T2 PANSTARRS

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Peter Tickner

Observer

Peter Tickner

Observed

2019 Dec 22 - 22:30

Uploaded

2020 Jan 09 - 12:17

Objects

C/2017 T2 (PANSTARRS)

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Constellation

Camelopardalis

Field centre

RA: 03^h54^m
Dec: +53°22'
Position angle: -0°47'

Field size

0°24' × 0°10'

Equipment

Atik 460EX mono CCD
14inch LX200 SCT at f/10
EQ8 mount
OAG with Lodestar X2 Autoguider

Location

Urban Berkshire

Target name

Comet C/2017 T2 PANSTARRS

Title

Comet C/2017 T2 PANSTARRS

About this image

The comet was almost overhead from my location so this was a good oportunity to stack an hour's worth of one minute long mono images.

Files associated with this observation

Comet+comet and stars BAA.png (1.2 MB)

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Denis Buczynski, David Swan, Mr Leonard Entwisle, Graham Winstanley, Jeremy Shears, Ray Emery, Peter Tickner, Andy Wilson, Andrew Dumbleton

Comments

David Swan, 2020 Jan 09 - 13:14 UTC

You've captured excellent coma detail. Worth sharing with the comet e-mail discussion list!

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