Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Pegasus (Peg)  ·  Contains:  Solar system body or event
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Comet 168P/Hergenrother on October 2012, 



    
        

            José J. Chambó
Comet 168P/Hergenrother on October 2012
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Comet 168P/Hergenrother on October 2012

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Comet 168P/Hergenrother on October 2012, 



    
        

            José J. Chambó
Comet 168P/Hergenrother on October 2012
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Comet 168P/Hergenrother on October 2012

Acquisition details

Dates:
Oct. 8, 2012
Frames:
11×240(44′) ISO400
Integration:
44′
Darks:
20
Flats:
10
Bias:
100
Avg. Moon age:
22.33 days
Avg. Moon phase:
48.07%
Bortle Dark-Sky Scale:
5.00
Mean SQM:
19.30
Mean FWHM:
4.61
Temperature:
24.00

Basic astrometry details

Astrometry.net job: 3530580

RA center: 23h59m20s.2

DEC center: +25°0607

Pixel scale: 2.605 arcsec/pixel

Orientation: 359.051 degrees

Field radius: 0.522 degrees

Resolution: 1200x800

File size: 546.8 KB

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

Description

The periodic comet 168P/Hergenrother on October 8th 2012, taken after several outbursts when reached your maximum brightness at 9th magnitude and showing a wide tail of dust about 5' long. The red star at right is Psi-Pegasii (mag. 4,7).

More info in the Blog  Cometografia.es

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Comet 168P/Hergenrother on October 2012, 



    
        

            José J. Chambó

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