Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Boötes (Boo)  ·  Contains:  Solar system body or event
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Comet C/2011 F1 LINEAR on September 2012, 



    
        

            José J. Chambó
Comet C/2011 F1 LINEAR on September 2012
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Comet C/2011 F1 LINEAR on September 2012

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Comet C/2011 F1 LINEAR on September 2012, 



    
        

            José J. Chambó
Comet C/2011 F1 LINEAR on September 2012
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Comet C/2011 F1 LINEAR on September 2012

Acquisition details

Dates:
Sept. 6, 2012
Frames:
10×120(20′) ISO400
Integration:
20′
Darks:
20
Flats:
10
Bias:
100
Avg. Moon age:
20.33 days
Avg. Moon phase:
68.89%
Bortle Dark-Sky Scale:
6.00
Mean SQM:
18.30
Mean FWHM:
4.49
Temperature:
24.00

Basic astrometry details

Astrometry.net job: 4344942

RA center: 14h43m31s.7

DEC center: +16°0119

Pixel scale: 2.622 arcsec/pixel

Orientation: 180.953 degrees

Field radius: 0.525 degrees

Resolution: 1200x799

Locations: Vallés - Valencia (Spain), Vallés, Valencia, Spain

Data source: Unknown

Description

The comet C/2011 F1 (LINEAR) at the begining of September 2012, near 10.5 magnitude and a bit less brighter than expected, shows a coma of 2' wide and little condensed elongated toward South.

More info in the Blog  Cometografia.es

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Comet C/2011 F1 LINEAR on September 2012, 



    
        

            José J. Chambó

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