Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Perseus (Per)  ·  Contains:  Solar system body or event
Comet PanSTARRS (C/2017 T2)  Animation, Chuck's Astrophotography
Comet PanSTARRS (C/2017 T2)  Animation
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Comet PanSTARRS (C/2017 T2) Animation

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Comet PanSTARRS (C/2017 T2) was a bit far away to see a lot of movement, but I still managed to capture something over a 40 minute duration. Seeing conditions were not ideal with the moon at 84% illumination and lots of haze.

The comet will make its closest approach to the sun (perihelion) on May 6th of this year.

I used a Celestron RASA and very short exposures of 15 seconds to capture the comet.

This animation consists of 66 frames captured over a 40-minute period, running at 30 frames per second.

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