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Post by Admin on Aug 21, 2018 9:20:43 GMT
The key date is 3rd September when it passes within a degree of Capella making it easier to spot. Magnitude 6 is estimated though even now it is a binocular object. Let's hope the clear skies return!!
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Post by davidlewis on Aug 25, 2018 12:40:40 GMT
We went out on Thursday night (23/08/2018) with the 70D attached to a 200mm prime lens fitted to an AstroTrac mount and managed to take a number of 2min. subs which were then stacked with DeepSkyStacker and adjusted for levels and curves in Photoshop. The resulting picture of Comet 21P/Giacobini-Zinner shows the comet half-way between alpha Camelopardalis and alpha Perseus and having a photographable tail. It was not possible to see the comet in binoculars as we were looking north-east across the whole of Cardiff's light-polluted sky. Hoping for dark skies for the 4 September meeting. David Lewis Attachments:
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Post by richdavies on Aug 25, 2018 20:11:39 GMT
Amazing picture Dave.
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Post by kimg on Aug 29, 2018 19:50:34 GMT
Really nice image Dave!
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Post by nighthawk on Aug 30, 2018 11:58:23 GMT
Brill. I'm just hoping for some clear nights to take a look at it but at least we now know it is actually there
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Post by nighthawk on Aug 30, 2018 22:16:59 GMT
Just been out and it is reasonably starry but the comet is too low for me to access from here. Also a bit hazy apart from near the zenith.
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Post by Admin on Sept 3, 2018 23:31:37 GMT
Hot off the presses - spotted the comet at 12.20.
About 4o/c from Capella and a lot lower than I anticipated. A nice fuzzy patch even in the 25x 100's.
Others have seen it with much smaller binoculars so if you have a dark site it's worth a look as it is fairly easy to spot atm.
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