Observation by Callum Potter: C/2025 A6 from Orkney

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Callum Potter

Observer

Callum Potter

Observed

2025 Oct 14 - 21:40

Uploaded

2025 Oct 14 - 22:35

Objects

C/2025 A6

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Constellation

Canes Venatici

Field centre

RA: 12^h24^m
Dec: +40°48'
Position angle: +11°01'

Field size

0°42' × 1°16'

Equipment

Seestar S50

Exposure

4 min (24 x 10s)

Location

Rousay

Title

C/2025 A6 from Orkney

About this image

A brief gap in the clouds was enough to capture the comet - both visually, easy in binoculars, and using the Seestar S50.
Conditions rather murky, with the comet being low in the north.

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Stacked_24_C2025 A6 (Lemmon)_10.0s_IRCUT_20251014-224014-adj.jpg (2.7 MB)

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