Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Auriga (Aur)  ·  Contains:  Solar system body or event
Comet 21P/Giacobini–Zinner with SH2-232/235, Arvind H.
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Comet 21P/Giacobini–Zinner with SH2-232/235

Comet 21P/Giacobini–Zinner with SH2-232/235, Arvind H.
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Comet 21P/Giacobini–Zinner with SH2-232/235

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Comet 21P/Giacobini–Zinner imaged during Fall Calstar 2018. Comet was in Auriga - a day away from Perihelion. HII region SH2-235 is seen to the right (little paw print). It was unplanned but a pleasant addition to the image IMO. Faint vertical nebulosity seen between it and the comet is part of SH2-232.

I overestimated the speed of the comet (or underestimated the amount of time I would have to image it - I forget which one) resulting in a suboptimal framing of the subject - something I have tried to correct with cropping the image quite a bit!

The tail was quite pronounced even on visual observation through by 10" Dob.

First time using comet alignment in PI. Was a learning experience made easy by astrobin user Francesco whose important bug fix with the process was timely!

Animation of Comet motion is [url=https://www.astrobin.com/397265/B/?nc=user

]here [/url]

32 X 75 seconds at ISO 3200

More at : https://www.starvind.com/astrophotography/comet-21p/

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Comet 21P/Giacobini–Zinner with SH2-232/235, Arvind H.