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Observation by bujvarosi: Hi all! This evening I took a quick 2-im...

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Observer

bujvarosi

Observed

2025 Sep 14 - 00:00

Uploaded

2025 Sep 27 - 09:40

Objects

C/2025 R2

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Constellation

Virgo

Field centre

RA: 13h26m
Dec: -11°05'
Position angle: +176°25'

Field size

4°27' × 2°55'

Full filename

2025r2/2025r2_20250914_bujvarosi.jpg

Target name

C/2025 R2

Title

Hi all! This evening I took a quick 2-image composite hoping to catch all of the tail of the newly discovered comet SWAN25B. I used a remote telescope (FSQ106 in Namibia, provided by Skygems Network) with a huge FOV (3° 54' x 2° 38'), but still, it looks like the tail is too long to fit into the image (cca. 5 deg. visible here). The bright star in the middle is Spica. 1x120 sec. LUM for the head and first part of the tail, 1x240 sec. LUM for the second, more distant part of the tail.

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Hi all! This evening I took a quick 2-image composite hoping to catch all of the tail of the newly discovered comet SWAN25B. I used a remote telescope (FSQ106 in Namibia, provided by Skygems Network) with a huge FOV (3° 54' x 2° 38'), but still, it looks like the tail is too long to fit into the image (cca. 5 deg. visible here). The bright star in the middle is Spica. 1x120 sec. LUM for the head and first part of the tail, 1x240 sec. LUM for the second, more distant part of the tail.
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