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Comet 41P into the Dipper


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Comet 41P/Honda-Mrkos-Pajdusakova imaged in March 22th 2017 when was inside of the Big Dipper. The tablespoon also contained the Owl Nebula (M 97) at right, and the galaxy M 108 at upper. The comet, in down left, shone at magnitude 8 and had a coma with a diameter of 15 arcminutes wich contains a short tail toward south (right).

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GSO 8" f/3.8 & Canon EOS-100D (3 x 120 sec. at ISO-1600) from Vallés, Valencia (Spain)

Post: http://cometografia.es/41p-tuttle-giacobini-kresak-20170322/

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I took a few 600s images of this the other night and turned it into a GIF( will post later ). But it does not show nebula and galaxies in the frame!

That's a lovely image. A great capture.

Well done and thanks for sharing.

 

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