13p 20241105 0144 molason

Comet 13P/Olbers continues to stay relatively bright even so long after perihelion. On the evening of 2024 November 5 UT 13P was magnitude G=10.0 as calculated from 30x10 second images in an aperture diameter of 4'. The images were collected at an altitude around 4 degrees which did not show the comet very well in the color image as twilight was fading in a hazy sky. The comet has stayed right around magnitude 10 for the last 10 days as calculated from the other images and has only faded about a magnitude in the past 2 months, at this rate 13P may become the brightest comet in our skies again if C/2023 A3 (Tsuchinshan-ATLAS) continues to fade as quickly as it has in the past few weeks