Wallpaper author:
Jordi Belloc
29 Jan 2024
comet 62P/Tsuchinshan near NGC4178
After leaving behind the Sun, the comet 62P/Tsuchinshan crossed the Virgo field. In this One Click Observation we found more than 30 galaxies chearing it up. 12Vir, the brightest star dominating the field is about magnitud 6.
Dataset from which the image was processed
Comet 62P
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- Type of target............................................................................................................................Comet
- Camera............................................................................................................................QHY 600M
- Target coordinates............................................................................................................................RA 183.64621 Dec 10.92694
- Hemisphere............................................................................................................................Southern
- Telescope location............................................................................................................................Australia
- Transient event............................................................................................................................No
- Observed on............................................................................................................................18 Jan 2024 - 18 Jan 2024
Filter | Avg Exp (s) | Total Exposure | Subframes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Luminance | 192 | 16m | 5 |
| Red | 96 | 8m | 5 |
| Green | 96 | 8m | 5 |
| Blue | 96 | 8m | 5 |