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Comet P.Halley. 20th September 1985. at 03.30am. 14th Magnitude.

Mount Tuffley Observatory recovery shot as shown on BBC TV "The Sky at Night" by Patrick Moore.


Halleys comet (fuzzy blob inside markers) at a distance of over 200 million miles from the Sun and fainter than the planet Pluto.

Recovered using a 21.6cm F6 reflector at prime focus.

30 minute guided exposure using TriX 400 black and white film developed in "D19" for 4 minutes at 20 °C

taken by John R Fletcher.

The brightest star on the print (lower centre) is 71.Orionis
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