Observation by Nick James: Indeed. It is a really impressive comet ...

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Observer

Nick James

Observed

2018 Jul 15 - 23:40

Uploaded

2019 Jun 10 - 20:41

Objects

C/2017 S3 (PANSTARRS)

Full filename

2017s3/2017s3_20180715_2340_ndj.jpg

Target name

C/2017 S3 (PANSTARRS)

Title

Indeed. It is a really impressive comet tonight: The ion tail stretches out of my frame. I get mag 8.49 in a 5.8 arcmin aperture using comphot and UCAC-4R.

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Indeed. It is a really impressive comet tonight: The ion tail stretches out of my frame. I get mag 8.49 in a 5.8 arcmin aperture using comphot and UCAC-4R.

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