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Observation by John Drummond: C/2024G3 from last night (2025 Jan 28.3 ...

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Observer

John Drummond

Observed

2025 Jan 28 - 00:00

Uploaded

2025 Feb 02 - 10:52

Objects

C/2024 G3 (ATLAS)

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Constellation

Piscis Austrinus

Field centre

RA: 22h26m
Dec: -32°59'
Position angle: +141°37'

Field size

11° × 7°

Full filename

2024g3/2024g3_20250128_jdrummond.jpg

Target name

C/2024 G3 (ATLAS)

Title

C/2024G3 from last night (2025 Jan 28.3 UT) from near Gisborne, New Zealand (rural sky). I had a tour group (I run Gisborne Astro Tours), so couldn't take too many photos. The clients were stoked to see it with both the naked eye and in binocs. The tail was about 8-9 degrees long through 8x56 Nikon binoculars. Hard to make an estimate of brightness as it's headless and I was pressed for time, but I'd say magnitude 3-4. Photo: 200mm Sigma lens, 1300D DSLR, 10 x 8 second, 1600 ISO, untracked (on a tripod).

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C/2024G3 from last night (2025 Jan 28.3 UT) from near Gisborne, New Zealand (rural sky). I had a tour group (I run Gisborne Astro Tours), so couldn't take too many photos. The clients were stoked to see it with both the naked eye and in binocs. The tail was about 8-9 degrees long through 8x56 Nikon binoculars. Hard to make an estimate of brightness as it's headless and I was pressed for time, but I'd say magnitude 3-4. Photo: 200mm Sigma lens, 1300D DSLR, 10 x 8 second, 1600 ISO, untracked (on a tripod).
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