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Contains:  Solar system body or event

Image of the day 08/28/2018

    Comet 21P/Giacobini-Zinner in front of HDW2, Jens Zippel

    Comet 21P/Giacobini-Zinner in front of HDW2

    Link: http://www.spaceimages.de

    Technical card

    Imaging telescopes or lenses: LACERTA Newton ohne Namen 10"

    Imaging cameras: ASI ZWO 1600 MMC

    Mounts: EQ8

    Software: Photoshop CS6  ·  Pleiades Astrophoto S.L. PixInsight V1.8  ·  Maxim DL Pro 6

    Filters: Astrodon RGB E-Series  ·  Astrodon Luminance E-Series

    Accessory: Starlight Xpress Lodestar X2

    Dates:Aug. 18, 2018

    Frames:
    Astrodon Luminance E-Series: 8x60" bin 1x1
    Astrodon RGB E-Series: 24x60" bin 1x1

    Integration: 0.5 hours

    Avg. Moon age: 7.54 days

    Avg. Moon phase: 51.71%

    Resolution: 1924x1445

    Locations: Upper Borg Observatory, Bremen, Bremen, Germany

    Data source: Backyard

    Description

    More images and info at http://www.spaceimages.de

    Comments

    Author

    Jedi2014
    Jens Zippel
    License: Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike Creative Commons
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    Description: HDW2 with Comet in front. Combination of an older image of HDW2 with the comet of last night. Sometimes there is more behind an image as you might expect :-)

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    Comet 21P/Giacobini-Zinner in front of HDW2, Jens Zippel