Observation by Nick James: C/2023 A3 anti-tail

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Nick James

Observer

Nick James

Observed

2024 Oct 14 - 19:56

Uploaded

2024 Oct 14 - 23:35

Objects

C/2023 A3 (Tsuchinshan-ATLAS)

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Constellation

Virgo

Field centre

RA: 14^h57^m
Dec: +01°49'
Position angle: +60°22'

Field size

13° × 21°

Equipment

Sony A7s iii + 100mm, f/2 Canon lens

Exposure

20x8s

Location

Vistors' Centre, La Palma

Target name

C/2023 A3 (Tsuchinshan-ATLAS)

Title

C/2023 A3 anti-tail

About this image

The antitail of C/2023 A3 stretches down to the horizon and then on to cross over the Sun as Mike Harlow has pointed out in the SOHO coronagraph image here and then into the morning sky. This image has a FoV of 20.5 x 13.7 deg.

Files associated with this observation

2023a3_20241014_1956_ndj.jpg (2.7 MB)

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