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Observation by Nick James: Widefield view of C/2020 F8 (SWAN) this ...

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BAA Comet Section

Observer

Nick James

Observed

2020 May 20 - 01:54

Uploaded

2020 May 22 - 07:23

Objects

C/2020 F8 (SWAN)

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Constellation

Perseus

Field centre

RA: 03h03m
Dec: +38°55'
Position angle: -24°46'

Field size

6°41' × 4°52'

Full filename

2020f8/2020f8_20200520_0154_ndj.jpg

Target name

C/2020 F8 (SWAN)

Title

Widefield view of C/2020 F8 (SWAN) this Morning (May 20) from Chelmsford, UK (latitude 51.7N). The bright star top left is Algol in Perseus. The field is just under 7 degrees across. The comet is now high enough here that it can be seen in a relatively dark sky. I could see it, just, in 8x40 binoculars. I get a magnitude of 7.9 from the green channel of this image but visual observers are seeing it around mag 6 or so. It is definately not the impressive spectacle that we had hoped for. The inset shows the same frames stacked on the comet's motion. It has a field of view of 0.7 deg.

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Widefield view of C/2020 F8 (SWAN) this Morning (May 20) from Chelmsford, UK (latitude 51.7N). The bright star top left is Algol in Perseus. The field is just under 7 degrees across. The comet is now high enough here that it can be seen in a relatively dark sky. I could see it, just, in 8x40 binoculars. I get a magnitude of 7.9 from the green channel of this image but visual observers are seeing it around mag 6 or so. It is definately not the impressive spectacle that we had hoped for. The inset shows the same frames stacked on the comet's motion. It has a field of view of 0.7 deg.
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