Comet Swift-Gehrels on Jan 27, 2019


Date & Time: Jan 27 2019, from 20:05 to 20:33 JST(+0900)
Composed 14 shots with 2 minutes exposed
Optical: VIXEN 20cm(7.9") VISAC with conversion lens (f=1278mm, F6.4)
with BaaderPlanetarium Moon&Skyglow filter
Auto-guided with TAKAHASHI EM-200 Equatorial
Digital Camera: Nikon D810A
Location: Hitachi-oota city, Ibaraki pref.

Camera Settings: Recording Format...14bit CCD-RAW, converted to 16bit TIFF(7360×4912)
Device Size...FX format (36×24mm)
Sensitivity...ISO6400, White Balance...Daylight



The Pleiades & Comet 64P/Swift-Gehrels

Date & Time: Jan 27 2019, from 20:05 to 20:34 JST(+0900)
Mozaic of 2 flames with 3min. ×5shots
Optical: BORG 67FL with conversion lens (f=324mm, F4.8)
with BaaderPlanetarium Moon&Skyglow filter
Auto-guided with TAKAHASHI EM-200 Equatorial
Digital Camera: Canon EOS 6D (Remodeled)
Location: Hitachi-oota city, Ibaraki pref.

Camera Settings: Recording Format...14bit CCD-RAW, converted to 16bit TIFF(5472×3648)
Device Size...36×24mm, Sensitivity...ISO2500


The comet 64P/Swift-Gehrels in that day has positioned at about 4 degrees northeast from the Pleiades (M45) in higher evening skies. The comet is getting down its brightness gradually, I could capture a dimmed 11th magnitude coma.
  1st image has cropped with equivalent f=1600mm (View angle: 1.28×0.85°)
  2nd image: View angle: 5.70×4.82°


Swift-Gehrels on Feb 1, 2019
Swift-Gehrels on Dec 28, 2018

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