Observation by Nick James: C/2017 T2 and asteroid 99248

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Nick James

Observer

Nick James

Observed

2019 Nov 29 - 23:57

Uploaded

2019 Nov 30 - 01:04

Objects

C/2017 T2 (PANSTARRS)
99248 2001 KY66

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Constellation

Auriga

Field centre

RA: 04^h58^m
Dec: +45°47'
Position angle: -0°22'

Field size

0°32' × 0°23'

Equipment

C11 Edge HD + FLI6303

Exposure

56x60s

Location

Chelmsford, UK

Target name

C/2017 T2

Title

C/2017 T2 and asteroid 99248

About this image

First clear night here for a while so lots of faint comets to image. C/2017 T2 is definitely the best of the bunch at the moment and tonight it was passing asteroid 99248 (the faint trail just to the right of the end of the tail).

Files associated with this observation

2017t2_20191129_2357_ndj.jpg (774.8 kB)

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Comments

David Swan, 2019 Nov 30 - 08:59 UTC

I just caught it too in my image!

David Swan, 2019 Nov 30 - 09:02 UTC

Nick James, 2019 Dec 01 - 09:20 UTC

Here are the subframes of my C/2017 T2 image of Nov 27 run together as a movie. Apollo asteroid 99248 is moving slowly south in the bottom right of the frame. The asteroid was 50 million km away at the time of these images, the comet was 250 million km.

Derek Robson, 2019 Dec 02 - 22:43 UTC

Great image of comet, plus as David says, a bonus to catch that asteroid trail.

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