Observation by David Strange: 24P/Schaumasse

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David Strange

Observer

David Strange

Observed

2026 Jan 14 - 03:10

Uploaded

2026 Jan 14 - 21:50

Objects

24P Schaumasse

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Constellation

Bootes

Field centre

RA: 13^h42^m
Dec: +11°47'
Position angle: -5°32'

Field size

0°21' × 0°17'

Equipment

RC10
ASI1600MM

Exposure

14x30s

Location

Salcombe Regis, East Devon

Target name

24P/Schaumasse

Title

24P/Schaumasse

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24p_20260114_dgs.jpg (367.0 kB)

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Alan Dowdell, Dominic Ford

Comments

Nick James, 2026 Jan 17 - 10:33 UTC

Nice image David. I got an image around the same time which appears to show some jets in the inner coma in addition to the ion tail:

https://britastro.org/cometobs/24p/24p_20260114_044618_ndj.html

Could you run a Larsen-Sekanina filter on your image to see if you can see the same thing? Be careful though since the comet is passing in front of a 16th mag star on your stack.

David Strange, 2026 Jan 17 - 11:15 UTC

Yes, possibly a "dubious" jet in approximately the same position as your image.

It was after a long night! I was tired hence not so long exposures as yours. Here's a screenshot:

https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/dce0ch45xq0pzce3fsolf/24p_20260114_ls_dgs.jpg?rlkey=xdloyn8z88esvugn4xvu4izcy&dl=0

Nick James, 2026 Jan 17 - 21:21 UTC

Thanks for trying. Yes, I think your image is probably too noisy to confirm this but I have the same features on an image taken two days later (Jan 16.2) by Denis Buczynski so I think they are real.

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