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

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Nick Quinn

Observer

Nick Quinn

Observed

2025 Oct 09 - 18:44

Uploaded

2025 Oct 09 - 23:56

Objects

C/2025 R2

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Constellation

Scorpius

Field centre

RA: 16^h04^m
Dec: -16°31'
Position angle: +32°10'

Field size

3°12' × 2°27'

Equipment

ZWO ASI2600MC Pro
RedCat 51

Exposure

60 x 2secs

Location

Shoreham-by-Sea, West Sussex

Target name

C/2025 R2 (SWAN)

Title

C/2025 R2 (SWAN)

About this image

Taken from the beach on a static tripod (no drive). I aligned the telescope on Worthing Pier whilst still light and then offset to the comet's azimuth and altitude using the markings on the Manfrotto az-alt head - it worked! Once dark enough the comet was in the FOV.

Cropped image ~ 3.2 x 2.5 degrees.

Files associated with this observation

C_2025R2_RedCat51_60x2s-20251009T184412.jpg (2.9 MB)

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Dominic Ford, Callum Potter

Comments

Nick James, 2025 Oct 10 - 06:28 UTC

Excellent image and very clever alignment approach!

I think there is a hint of tail there. It is not very often that we have two comets brighter than mag 6 in our skies.

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