Observation by Nick James: C/2025 R2 (SWAN)

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Nick James

Observer

Nick James

Observed

2025 Sep 16 - 18:00

Uploaded

2025 Sep 16 - 21:09

Equipment

FSQ106 + IMX455

Exposure

2x120s

Location

Skygems, Namibia

Target name

C/2025 R2 (SWAN)

Title

C/2025 R2 (SWAN)

About this image

Here is an image of C/2025 R2 (SWAN) taken this evening using a remote telescope in Namibia. Each panel is a single 120s exposure, 2.6 deg square. I get a total magnitude of 7.4 using comphot and the tail is detectable for around 4 deg. Not bad for a comet that was only discovered a few days ago.

Mosaic generated using swarp on the platesolved images.

Files associated with this observation

2025r2_20250916_1800_ndj.jpg (6.6 MB)

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