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Observation by Peter Carson: Comet 2017T2 PanSTARRS

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Peter Carson

Observer

Peter Carson

Observed

2019 Aug 08 - 00:59

Uploaded

2019 Aug 08 - 10:20

Objects

C/2017 T2 (PANSTARRS)

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Constellation

Taurus

Field centre

RA: 05h00m
Dec: +19°48'
Position angle: +1°16'

Field size

0°21' × 0°16'

Equipment
  • 315mm reflector
  • Paramount
  • UV/IR cut filter
  • unguided
  • sbig ST 8300
Exposure

10 x 60 sec exposures stacked

Location

Leigh on sea nr Southend Essex

Target name

Comet 2017T2 PanSTARRS

Title

Comet 2017T2 PanSTARRS

About this image
The sky this morning in Essex was about as good as its gets for me and C/2017T2 PanSTARRS just cleared various obstructions as viewed from my observatory. Here’s my image taken at the start of astronomical dawn with the comet at about 15 degs altitude.
It’s showing  short 2 arcmin tail. I measured its m2 brightness at mag 14.45 with a 6.6 arcsec rad aperture and it’s m1 brightness at 14.34 over a coma of 22.6 arcsec dia.
Its certainly changed since I last took a series of images in the late autumn / winter of 2018, lets hope it keeps changing for the better.
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