Observation by Nick James: 13P/Olbers

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Nick James

Observer

Nick James

Observed

2024 Jun 24 - 22:35

Uploaded

2024 Jun 25 - 21:01

Objects

13P Olbers

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Constellation

Lynx

Field centre

RA: 08^h00^m
Dec: +42°07'
Position angle: +1°25'

Field size

3°09' × 2°12'

Equipment

72mm, f/4.8 refr. + ASI294MC

Exposure

19x60s

Location

Chelmsford, UK

Target name

13P

Title

13P/Olbers

About this image

This is a difficult object from the UK, low in the bright NW evening twilight from here but I've had a few nice, transparent nights and I can get down to around 10 deg elevation in this direction using the small telescope mounted on the side of my main one. The comet is probably around 7th mag at the moment but I haven't been able to find it in binoculars since the sky is too bright. This image shows the yellowish, dusty fan tail and a faint blue ion tail to the NE.

Files associated with this observation

13P_20240624_223518_ndj.jpg (1.6 MB)

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