Observation by Nick James: The remains of C/2021 O3 (PanSTARRS)

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Nick James

Observer

Nick James

Observed

2022 May 08 - 21:44

Uploaded

2022 May 09 - 18:43

Objects

C/2021 O3

Equipment

ASI6200MM + Celestron HD11

Exposure

20x60s

Location

Chelmsford, UK

Target name

C/2021 O3

Title

The remains of C/2021 O3 (PanSTARRS)

About this image

It it had survived this comet could have been quite a nice object under the pole. In fact the current predicted magnitude is around 7. In fact, it broke up at perihelion and all that is left is a diffuse cloud around 30 arcsec east of the predicted position. I get a total magnitude of 13.4 but the cloud is quite low surface brightness so I will currently be missing quite a bit of it. The situation will improve over the next week as it gets higher in the northern sky but the Moon will be more of a problem. It is worth trying to image if you have a good northern horizon.

Files associated with this observation

2021o3_20220508_ndj.jpg (927.9 kB)

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Mike Harlow, Callum Potter, Ron Johnson, Alan C Tough, Tor Schofield, Peter Carson

Comments

Mike Harlow, 2022 May 10 - 07:24 UTC

Thanks Nick, that's a useful update given the predictions in the astronomy magazines.

Mike.

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