Comet Churyumov-Gerasimenko on Oct 10, 2021

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67P Churyumov-Gerasimenko with Crab Nebula (M1)

Date & Time: Oct 10 2021, from 22:30 to 22:48 JST(+0900)
Composed 10 shots with 2 minutes exposed
Optical: TAKAHASHI 16cm(6.3") epsilon (f=530mm, F3.3)
with IDAS LPS-D1 Light-pollution suppression filter
Auto-guided with TAKAHASHI EM-200 Equatorial
Digital Camera: Canon EOS 6D (Remodeled)
Location: Furudono town, Fukushima pref.

Camera Settings: Recording Format...14bit CCD-RAW, converted to 16bit TIFF(5472×3648)
Device Size...36×24mm, Sensitivity...ISO3200


The comet Churyumov-Gerasimenko in that day located at 2.3 degrees northeast of the Crab Nebula (M1) in Taurus having a 10th magnitude coma and a 15 arc minutes-long tail in west direction. From now on the comet will move eastward and brighten up to 9th magnitude in the end of 2021.
  View angle: 3.86×2.58°


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