Observation by Peter Carson: Comet 2020S3 Erasmus

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Peter Carson

Observer

Peter Carson

Observed

2020 Oct 27 - 04:28

Uploaded

2020 Oct 27 - 20:02

Objects

C/2020 S3 (Erasmus)

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Constellation

Sextans

Field centre

RA: 10h01m
Dec: -05°07'
Position angle: -0°13'

Field size

0°30' × 0°20'

Equipment
  • 315mm Corrected Dall Kirkham f/8
  • QHY600 CMOS camera bin 4x4
  • Paramount
  • Unguided
  • Unfiltered
Exposure

8 x 60 sec exposures stacked

Location

Remote observatory at Fregenal de la Sierra, Spain

Target name

Comet 2020S3 Erasmus

Title

Comet 2020S3 Erasmus

About this image

The visual equivalent magnitide is 10.0 and the comet has a coma 180 arcsecs in radius.

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