Observation by Nick James: Comet 12P tail detail

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Nick James

Observer

Nick James

Observed

2024 Mar 24 - 19:52

Uploaded

2024 Mar 24 - 22:22

Objects

12P Pons-Brooks

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Constellation

Pisces

Field centre

RA: 01^h38^m
Dec: +27°19'
Position angle: -2°30'

Field size

1°49' × 1°23'

Equipment

90mm f/6.2 refr. + ASI1600MM

Exposure

26x30s

Location

Chelmsford, UK

Target name

12P/Pons-Brooks

Title

Comet 12P tail detail

About this image

First really transparent evening in Chelmsford for ages and it had to coincide with Full Moon! The comet is now low in the west and I can only image it through tree branches from my main telescope so this is from a setup at the other end of the garden using a WO Megrez 90 on an NEQ6 with an ASI1600MM camera. The comet's motion is now 2.9 arcsec/min and this is a stack of 30s exposures offset at that rate. There is a lot of detail in the ion tail.

Files associated with this observation

12p_20240324_195224_ndj.jpg (1.4 MB)

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