Observation by Richard Sargent: Comet C/2024 E1 Wierzchos

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Richard Sargent

Observer

Richard Sargent

Observed

2025 Sep 22 - 21:00

Uploaded

2025 Sep 29 - 18:39

Objects

C/2024 E1 (Wierzchos)

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Constellation

Corona Borealis

Field centre

RA: 16^h04^m
Dec: +26°53'
Position angle: +0°10'

Field size

0°19' × 0°16'

Equipment

C14 @ f7 and Atik 460EX CCD Camera

Exposure

20 x 1 min exps

Target name

Comet C/2024 E1 (Wierzchos)

Title

Comet C/2024 E1 Wierzchos

About this image

Conditions not good but reasonable result. Looks to have a bit of a curvy tail.

Files associated with this observation

2024e1_20250922_rsargent.jpg (828.9 kB)

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Jeremy Shears, Dominic Ford, Andy Wilson, Nick Quinn

Comments

Nick James, 2025 Sep 30 - 02:59 UTC

With all the excitement over C/2025 A6 (Lemmon) it is good to see other cometary targets. Your image shows the tail very well. There are lots of other images in the section archive here and these show the comet's development since early 2024.

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