Triangulum Galaxy and Comet 156P/Russell-LINEAR

Last Sunday 1/10/2021 Comet 156P/Russell-LINEAR was, by our perspective on Earth, close to the Triangulum Galaxy (M33) making for a nice photographic image. This image taken from Grand Mesa Observatory, captured and processed by Terry Hancock and Tom Masterson, highlights this close conjunction of the two celestial objects.

 

Technical Info:

 

Captured and processed by: Tom Masterson and Terry Hancock using Grand Mesa Observatory's System 2a William Optics FLT156mm APO now available with our subscription grandmesaobservatory.com/equipment-rentals

 

Location: GrandMesaObservatory.com Purdy Mesa, Colorado

Date of Capture January 10th, 2021

 

RGB 86 min 43 x 120 sec

Camera: QHY367 ProC full frame one shot color CMOS

Filter Wheel: QHYCFW3 Large

Gain 2850, Offset 76

Calibrated with dark, Bias and Flat Frames

 

Optics: William Optics FLT 156mm F7.8 1228mm

Image Scale: 0.82 arcsec/pix

Field of View: 1d 4' 52.0" x 1d 07' 05

 

EQ Mount: Paramount ME

 

Image Acquisition software Maxim DL6 Pre-Processing in Pixinsight Post Processed in Photoshop CC

 

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