Comet 252P/LINEAR
Taken by Jan Curtis on April 13, 2016 @
Cheyenne, WY
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Description
Captured just fter moonset. Definitely fainter and smaller than a fe days ago.
The 2nd image shows the comet without stars and with twice as many subs. Note the faint very short tail extending from the nucleus.
Imaging telescope or lens: Nikon NIKKOR 180 F2,8 AIS ED
Imaging camera: Nikon d7100
Mount: ORION Sirius EQ-G
Guiding telescope or lens: Nikon NIKKOR 180 F2,8 AIS ED
Software: PixInsight 1.8 Ripley PixInsight , Photoshop CS 6 Adobe, PIXINSIGHT PixInsinght 1.8 RC7
Resolution: 3500x2605
Dates: April 13, 2016
Frames: 21x90" ISO1600
Integration: 0.5 hours
Avg. Moon age: 6.20 days
Avg. Moon phase: 37.50%
Bortle Dark-Sky Scale: 4.00
Temperature: 5.00
RA center: 262.902 degrees
DEC center: 3.034 degrees
Pixel scale: 4.486 arcsec/pixel
Orientation: 90.318 degrees
Field radius: 0.874 degrees
Locations: Home observatory, Cheyenne, WY (elevation: 6014'), United States
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