Dates:Nov. 19, 2017
Frames: 4x120"
Integration: 0.1 hours
Avg. Moon age: 0.92 days
Avg. Moon phase: 0.95%
Astrometry.net job: 1830667
RA center: 12h 22' 16"
DEC center: +7° 1' 19"
Pixel scale: 4.295 arcsec/pixel
Orientation: 355.452 degrees
Field radius: 0.895 degrees
Resolution: 1200x900
Locations: Hoya Redonda - Valencia (Spain), Enguera, Valencia, Spain
Comet 24P/Schaumasse photographed on November 11th 2017, only two days after perihelion when reached its maximum brightness in this apparition with a magnitude near 10. In this image the comet shows a greenish coma 5' diameter with a very short tail toward right. The field has at least two dozens galaxies belonging to Virgo Galactic Cluster, highlighting at upper left corner NGC 4365, a giant eliptic galaxy located to a distance of 60 million light-years.
Posted in my Blog Cometografia.es
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