Observation by Nick James: C/2017 S3 PanSTARRS

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Nick James

Observer

Nick James

Observed

2018 Jul 17 - 00:18

Uploaded

2018 Jul 17 - 01:49

Objects

C/2017 S3 (PANSTARRS)

Equipment

C11 + FLI CCD

Exposure

26x60s

Location

Chelmsford, UK

Target name

C/2017 S3

Title

C/2017 S3 PanSTARRS

About this image

Conditions were not so good tonight with quite a bit of drifting cloud but C/2017 S3 has brightened a bit. I get 8.1 now and the coma is over 7 arcmin in diameter. The ion tail is still visible but fainter than yesterday.

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2017s3_20180717_0118_ndj.jpg (961.9 kB)

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