45p 20161222 1200 mmatti


45P/ Honda–Mrkos-Pajdusakova
2016 Dec 22.47 UT; m1= 7.8; Dia= 2’; DC= 6; 8x40mm binoculars, Michael
Mattiazzo, near Mt Barker South Australia.
[Low altitude 8°, Method= B; Cat= TK. Also viewed through a 25cm reflector.
Small, round, condensed, no tail visible. Photographically the ion tail is
nearly 1 degree long in PA 78]

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