Observation by Nick James: 285P/LINEAR in outburst

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Nick James

Observer

Nick James

Observed

2022 Aug 07 - 21:51

Uploaded

2022 Aug 08 - 06:33

Objects

285P LINEAR

Equipment

ASI6200MM + Celestron HD11

Exposure

10x60s

Location

Chelmsford, UK

Target name

Comet 285P

Title

285P/LINEAR in outburst

About this image

This faint periodic comet is normally around mag 19.5 but it is currently in outburst at around mag 15 (https://britastro.org/forums/topic/outburst-of-faint-periodic-comet-285p-linear). Jonathan Shanklin notes that it is suspected of being a fragment of a split comet:

https://arxiv.org/pdf/1710.07610.pdf

Files associated with this observation

285p_20220807_215134_ndj.jpg (1003.6 kB)

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