Observation by Peter Tickner: Comet C/2017 T2 PANSTARRS

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Peter Tickner

Observer

Peter Tickner

Observed

2020 May 19 - 22:30

Uploaded

2020 May 20 - 12:58

Objects

C/2017 T2 (PANSTARRS)

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Constellation

Ursa Major

Field centre

RA: 09^h29^m
Dec: +71°39'
Position angle: -57°14'

Field size

2°07' × 0°57'

Equipment

ZWO ASI071 MC Pro CMOS camera
200mm f/5 carbon fibre Newtonian
Off-Axis Guider ZWO ASI120MM
EQ6 Mount

Location

Urban Berkshire

Target name

Comet C/2017 T2 PANSTARRS

Title

Comet C/2017 T2 PANSTARRS

About this image

Comet C/2017 T2 PANSTARRS has been a little neglected of late with the interest generated by the break-up of ATLAS before it became a great comet. 2017t2 has been relatively quiet, slightly brighter than a few months ago and moving sedately through our Northern skies. As this sequence shows, it is not only well-placed for us to observe, but is developing an interesting tail as well as its coma. I was lucky to catch it last night as it was passing a small group of brighter stars with some nice variety in their colour to offset the comet. The negative half of my image shows more detail of the tail length.

Peter

Files associated with this observation

2017t2_20200519_2330UT_Tickner.jpg (1.7 MB)

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