Observation by Mark Fairfax: Comet 116P/Wild in Leo

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Mark Fairfax

Observer

Mark Fairfax

Observed

2022 Mar 27 - 21:59

Uploaded

2022 Mar 28 - 16:33

Objects

116P Wild

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Constellation

Leo

Field centre

RA: 09^h24^m
Dec: +19°09'
Position angle: +7°44'

Field size

0°35' × 0°26'

Equipment

Unistellar eVscope 1 (114mm reflector)

Exposure

21mins

Location

Nottinghamshire UK

Target name

Comet 116P/Wild in Leo

Title

Comet 116P/Wild in Leo

About this image

Comet of the month - Twitter request for observations.

116P/Wild (also known as Wild 4) is a 12.6 magnitude Comet and orbits the Sun every 6.5 years, currently 1.56 AU from Earth.

When I checked my images for the evening I noticed that I'd also picked up something very faint 'nearby' the comet in the image. PGC 26688 a spiral galaxy (Sb), magnitude +15.4, some 406 million light years from our solar system with my faithful little eVscope in my light-polluted, suburban back garden.

Files associated with this observation

Comet 116P Wild BAA-27Mar2022.jpg (1.9 MB)

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