Observation by Nick James: C/2018 V1 (Machholz-Fujikawa-Iwamoto)

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Nick James

Observer

Nick James

Observed

2018 Nov 13 - 05:58

Uploaded

2018 Nov 13 - 20:40

Objects

C/2018 V1 (Machholz-Fujikawa-Iwamoto)

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Constellation

Virgo

Field centre

RA: 12^h50^m
Dec: -01°14'
Position angle: -51°01'

Field size

1°56' × 1°19'

Equipment

Takahashi Epsilon 160 f/3.3
ASI294MC Pro

Exposure

7x120s

Location

Tarbatness, Scotland

Target name

C/2018 V1 (Machholz-Fujikawa-Iwamoto)

Title

C/2018 V1 (Machholz-Fujikawa-Iwamoto)

About this image

At 5am the only clouds in the sky were in the direction of the comet. These finally cleared about 05:45 as the sky was brightening in the dawn. This is a stack of 7x120s frames taken in reasonable conditions using Denis Buczynski's Takahashi Epsilon and my ASI294MC. The faint ion tail is visible in approx PA 300 with a stubby broader tail in PA 260. This comet is heading for perihelion on December 3rd. It spent most of the summer near Solar conjunction and we have no real idea how it will behave over the next few weeks.

Files associated with this observation

2018v1_20181113_0558_ndj.jpg (1.3 MB)

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David Swan, Mr Leonard Entwisle, Graham Winstanley, Jeremy Shears, David Basey, Nick Hewitt, Denis Buczynski, Andy Wilson, Steve Knight, Peter Mulligan, Peter Carson, Ron Johnson, Chrisantha Fernando

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