Observation by Nick James: C/2019 K7 (Smith)

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Nick James

Observer

Nick James

Observed

2021 Jul 28 - 23:34

Uploaded

2021 Jul 29 - 11:22

Objects

C/2019 K7 (Smith)

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Constellation

Draco

Field centre

RA: 16^h45^m
Dec: +56°40'
Position angle: +1°44'

Field size

0°27' × 0°20'

Equipment

ASI6200MM + Celestron HD11

Exposure

28x60s

Location

Chelmsford, UK

Target name

C/2019 K7

Title

C/2019 K7 (Smith)

About this image

This 17th mag comet still has a very long tail. With a bit of imagination you can see it stretching to the lower left corner of this image. The bright star at the top of the frame is SAO 30076 which is mag 4.84, so around 60,000 times brighter than the comet.

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