Three comets at one night

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Photographer:

[email protected]

Location of Photo:

Elafonissi Beach (Crete, Greece)

Date/Time of photo:

12 June 2018

Equipment:

Takahashi 106 ED with reducer 0,73x, modified Canon 6D

Description:

The photograph shows three bright comets: C/2016 M1 (PANSTARRS) (8.8 mag), 37P/Forbes (11.1 mag), 21P/Giacobini-Zinner (11.7 mag) within a 4-inch astrograph (6x2min. , ISO3200). 21P/Giacobini-Zinner was almost in the zenith (Cygnus), C/2016 M1 was 25 degrees above the southern horizon (Sagittarius), and 37P/Forbes climbed only 18 degrees at dawn (Aquarius).

Website:

https://www.facebook.com/AstroPasjonat/