Observation by Nick James: C/2017 S3 PanSTARRS

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Nick James

Observer

Nick James

Observed

2018 Jul 15 - 22:40

Uploaded

2018 Jul 16 - 00:05

Objects

C/2017 S3 (PANSTARRS)

Equipment

C11 + FLI CCD

Exposure

24x60s

Location

Chelmsford, UK

Target name

C/2017 S3

Title

C/2017 S3 PanSTARRS

About this image

C/2017 S3 is really impressive tonight. A large coma and the ion tail stretches out of my frame. This image was taken from Chelmsford, UK just now. I get a total mag of 8.49 in an aperture of 5.8 arcmin diameter.

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2017s3_20180715_2340_ndj.jpg (1.0 MB)

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