Observation by Nick James: 174P Echeclus in outburst

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Nick James

Observer

Nick James

Observed

2017 Dec 14 - 19:05

Uploaded

2017 Dec 14 - 21:31

Objects

174P Echeclus (60558)

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Constellation

Aries

Field centre

RA: 02^h37^m
Dec: +11°20'
Position angle: +1°40'

Field size

0°12' × 0°13'

Equipment

C11 + FLI CCD

Exposure

43x60s

Location

Chelmsford, UK

Target name

Comet 174P

Title

174P Echeclus in outburst

About this image

The coma has now expanded to 39 arcsec diameter but the magnitude is constant at 13.6 so the surface brightness is going down.

Files associated with this observation

174p_20171214_1905_ndj.jpg (262.8 kB)

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Comments

Tim Haymes, 2017 Dec 15 - 17:45 UTC

That is a very clear image Nick. The little star was not resolved on my images taken a earlier. Thanks for your comment on my image - Tim

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