Observation by Nick James: Stellar light pollution

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Nick James

Observer

Nick James

Observed

2022 Nov 20 - 22:17

Uploaded

2022 Nov 20 - 22:49

Objects

C/2021 Y1

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Constellation

Taurus

Field centre

RA: 04^h35^m
Dec: +16°23'
Position angle: +0°07'

Field size

0°28' × 0°20'

Equipment

ASI6200MM + Celestron HD11

Exposure

20x60s

Location

Chelmsford, UK

Target name

C/2021 Y1 (ATLAS)

Title

Stellar light pollution

About this image

Earlier today this 15th magnitude comet passed around 1 arc minute from Aldebaran. It is now around 10 arc mins from the star and is emerging from the stellar light pollution. The faint tail to the NW is just visible now. Aldebaran is 65 light years (4.1 million au) away and magnitude 0.8. The comet is 1.8 au away and magnitude 15.

Files associated with this observation

2021y1_20221120_221703_ndj.jpg (585.1 kB)

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Bill Leatherbarrow, Dr Paul Leyland, Mike Harlow, Alan Thomas, Ron Johnson, Peter Carson

Comments

Dr Paul Leyland, 2022 Nov 21 - 10:51 UTC

Nice.

Time for me to retaliate with an image of HL CMa, a variable a very few arc minutes from Sirius.

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