Observation by Nick James: Comet C/2023 Q1 (PANSTARRS) and NGC 2441

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Nick James

Observer

Nick James

Observed

2025 Jan 30 - 21:12

Uploaded

2025 Jan 31 - 22:15

Objects

C/2023 Q1 (PANSTARRS)
NGC2441

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Constellation

Camelopardalis

Field centre

RA: 07^h52^m
Dec: +73°02'
Position angle: -1°33'

Field size

0°28' × 0°20'

Equipment

ASI6200MM + Celestron HD11

Exposure

20x60s

Location

Chelmsford, UK

Target name

C/2023 Q1

Title

Comet C/2023 Q1 (PANSTARRS) and NGC 2441

About this image

This faint comet came to perihelion on 2024 December 1 when it was 2.58 au from the Sun. Closest approach to the Earth (1.90 au) was on December 28 and it is now fading as it heads back into the outer Solar System. It is currently at a far north declination in Camelopardalis and so well placed for us. NGC 2441 is a nice barred-spiral around 50 Mpc away. The comet is 2.0 au away and given that there are 3600 * 180 / pi = 206,265 au/pc the galaxy is around 5,000,000,000,000 times further away than the comet.

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2023q1_20250130_211212_ndj.jpg (892.9 kB)

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