Observation by Nick James: C/1015 A6

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Nick James

Observer

Nick James

Observed

2025 Oct 26 - 19:25

Uploaded

2025 Oct 27 - 09:32

Objects

C/2025 A6

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Constellation

Serpens Caput

Field centre

RA: 15^h46^m
Dec: +17°09'
Position angle: +71°51'

Field size

3°36' × 5°26'

Equipment

WO RedCat 51 + ASI2600MC

Exposure

30s

Location

Mt. Teide, Tenerife

Target name

C/2025 A6 (Lemmon)

Title

C/1015 A6

About this image

A very frustrating evening with a perfectly clear sky overhead but cloud to the west. This is one of the few frames that was not cloud affected and it was taken at the end of nautical twilight. This single 30s exposure is quite noisy but it shows the ion tail stretching over 6 degrees out of the frame.

Files associated with this observation

2025a6_20251026_192528_ndj.jpg (7.1 MB)

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Steve Knight, Jeremy Shears

Comments

Steve Knight, 2025 Oct 27 - 12:28 UTC

Fantastic image Nick! I suggest you edit the title of the observation before the Comet Section Director sees it though. :)

Jeremy Shears

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