Observation by Grant Privett: Chiron - The Centaur

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Grant Privett

Observer

Grant Privett

Observed

2020 Oct 08 - 23:41

Uploaded

2020 Oct 09 - 14:05

Objects

95P Chiron

Equipment

Celestron RASA 11"
Starlight Trius 694
Paramount MEII

Exposure

21x 120s

Location

Salisbury

Target name

C95/P Chiron

Title

Chiron - The Centaur

About this image

This is the original Centaur class of asteroid. At perihelion (24 years ago) it doubles as a comet if you devote a lot of metre league telescope time to it. As it was, it looked like any anonymous 18.5 magnitude star in Cetus. Was pleased to finally capture it.

Files associated with this observation

c95P Chiron 2020109 0040.jpg (371.2 kB)

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