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Observation by Mazin Younis: K2 ion tail?

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Mazin Younis

Observer

Mazin Younis

Observed

2022 Jun 30 - 00:11

Uploaded

2022 Jul 01 - 16:20

Objects

C/2017 K2 (PANSTARRS)

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Constellation

Ophiuchus

Field centre

RA: 17h26m
Dec: +02°37'
Position angle: +123°26'

Field size

1°38' × 1°29'

Equipment
  • Esprit 100ED Pro
  • ASI 294MC-Pro
Exposure

10 subs @ 180s (30min total)

Location

My remote telescope, Morocco

Title

K2 ion tail?

About this image

I processed the bottom image in DSS with kappa-sigma clipping to show the extent of tail. I suspect it's also showing an early ion tail emission, further observations required to confirm.

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Nick James
Nick James, 2022 Jul 02 - 07:00 UTC

An excellent image and well done picking up the very faint ion tail in PA 145. This is in the true anti-solar direction whereas the dust tail to the north is in the projected orbital plane. There is a strong apparent jet feature in the inner coma (you can see it here) which is in a similar PA to the ion tail but I don't think that they are related.

Mazin Younis
Mazin Younis, 2022 Jul 05 - 13:37 UTC

Thanks Nick.

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