Observation by David Swan: A comet and a satellite(?)

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Observation by David Swan: A comet and a satellite(?)

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David Swan

Observer

David Swan

Observed

2021 Feb 16 - 20:34

Uploaded

2021 Feb 17 - 21:28

Equipment

iOptron AZ Mount Pro
200 mm RASA
ASI 183MM

Exposure

1 x 10s

Location

Tynemouth, UK

Target name

C/2021 A2

Title

A comet and a satellite(?)

About this image

I was doing an average track and stack in Astrometrica when I noticed a trail across the image that grazes the comet. I inspected the image series in Maxim and found the offending frame: what a coincidence!

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