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Observation by Rolando Ligustri: comet 62P Tsuchinshan is from this morni...

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Observer

Rolando Ligustri

Observed

2023 Dec 28 - 00:00

Uploaded

2024 Jan 03 - 22:16

Objects

62P Tsuchinshan

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Constellation

Leo

Field centre

RA: 11h19m
Dec: +13°24'
Position angle: -3°26'

Field size

1°00' × 1°20'

Full filename

62p/62p_20231228_rligustri.jpg

Target name

62P Tsuchinshan

Title

comet 62P Tsuchinshan is from this morning (28/12/2023) from Namibia, and portrays the comet "flying over" the famous triplet of galaxies in Leo: Ngc 3628 M65 M66. I used a NW 200/600 ccd QHY600 in bin2 of the luminance I was able to recover only half of the files due to wind, the field of view is 65'x90'

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comet 62P Tsuchinshan is from this morning (28/12/2023) from Namibia, and portrays the comet "flying over" the famous triplet of galaxies in Leo: Ngc 3628 M65 M66. I used a NW 200/600 ccd QHY600 in bin2 of the luminance I was able to recover only half of the files due to wind, the field of view is 65'x90'
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