Observation by Nick James: C/2020 F8 (SWAN)

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Nick James

Observer

Nick James

Observed

2020 May 15 - 01:14

Uploaded

2020 May 15 - 03:44

Objects

C/2020 F8 (SWAN)

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Constellation

Triangulum

Field centre

RA: 01^h51^m
Dec: +25°50'
Position angle: -32°57'

Field size

4°41' × 3°30'

Equipment

EOS550D + Canon 200mm, f/2.8L

Exposure

17x10s

Location

Chelmsford, UK

Target name

C/2020 F8 (SWAN)

Title

C/2020 F8 (SWAN)

About this image

It's a bit pathetic but this is my first image of Comet C/2020 F8 (SWAN) from Chelmsford (Latitude 51.7 deg). This was taken this morning (May 15) using a Canon EOS550D + 200mm, f/2.8L lens very low in the bright twilight. As least it shows that the comet is visible from here. A lovely morning with Saturn and Jupiter close together in the south and the Moon and Mars rising together in the SE.

Files associated with this observation

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Comments

Martin Lewis, 2020 May 15 - 08:54 UTC

Nice image Nick,

Guessing it wasn't visible naked eye?

Martin

Nick James, 2020 May 15 - 16:17 UTC

Martin, I couldn't see it in bins either. The sky was just to bright. I only found it when I got home and looked at the images.

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