Observation by Nick James: C/2017 E4 Lovejoy

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Nick James

Observer

Nick James

Observed

2017 Apr 02 - 03:04

Uploaded

2017 Apr 02 - 06:35

Objects

C/2017 E4 (Lovejoy)

Equipment

C11 + FLI CCD

Exposure

10x60s

Location

Chelmsford, UK

Target name

C/2017 E4 Lovejoy

Title

C/2017 E4 Lovejoy

About this image

Clouds arrived near dawn this morning which made imaging Terry Lovejoy's latest (C/2017 E4) a bit of a pain. I had to wait for it to rise above my neighbour's house and then enter a clear gap between clouds. By the time it appeared the sky was very bright but I did get a 10 minute gap and the image shows the thin ion tail. This image has a FoV of approx 30 x 20 arcmin. At the time it was taken the Sun was only 13.5 deg below the horizon.

Files associated with this observation

2017e4_20170402_0404_ndj.jpg (295.3 kB)

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Jeremy Shears, David Basey, Dawson, Peter Carson, Graham Winstanley, Carolyn Kennett, Steve Harvey

Comments

Dawson, 2017 Apr 02 - 09:18 UTC

A lovely demonstration of the anatomy of a comet.

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