Observation by Nick James: 174P outburst

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Nick James

Observer

Nick James

Observed

2018 Jan 07 - 18:34

Uploaded

2018 Jan 08 - 07:53

Objects

174P Echeclus (60558)

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Constellation

Aries

Field centre

RA: 02h34m
Dec: +11°16'
Position angle: +0°30'

Field size

0°21' × 0°08'

Equipment
  • C11 + FLI CCD
Exposure

89x60s

Location

Chelmsford, UK

Target name

174P

Title

174P outburst

About this image

This deep image of 174P shows that the coma continues to expand following its Dec 7 outburst. Unfortunately the comet is almost stationary at the moment right in the middle of two bright stars but the coma diameter looks to be around 106 arcsec. There also appears to be some structure in the inner coma in PA 35.

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