Observation by Mike Olason: C/2017 K5 Panstarrs

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Mike Olason

Observer

Mike Olason

Observed

2017 Jun 19 - 06:25

Uploaded

2017 Jul 07 - 06:10

Objects

C/2017 K5 (PANSTARRS)

Equipment

11" SCT f/6.4
STF-8300M

Exposure

4 x 15 minutes

Location

Denver Colorado

Target name

C/2017 K5 Panstarrs

Title

C/2017 K5 Panstarrs

About this image

This comet is about magnitude 21. It was discovered May 27 and should reach magnitude 19-20 from 2019-2021. After a few attempts to image this very faint comet with a small 11" SCT all the right conditions finally emerged. The images were taken at 1880 meters, Moonless sky, a starless patch of sky around the comet (no stars > mag 21), a slow moving comet, no wind, no hazy skies, no Chem trails, the comet was directly overhead, no neighbors lights on, no deer or other critters touched the scope, the mount tracked perfectly and only one of the five 15 minute images could not be used. That is all it takes to image a 21st magnitude comet with an 11" SCT and a STF-8300M CCD Camera. In other words, for my setup it is almost impossible and the image will never make it into Astronomy or Sky & Telescope.

Files associated with this observation

2017K5_20170619_0725_molason.jpg (114.6 kB)

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